Prime Minister David Cameron has praised Burma's moves towards democracy and said the UK stood ready to respond by easing sanctions on the country.
But ahead of his historic visit to the country on Friday, he added: "First I want to go and see for myself on the ground how things are going."
He was speaking in Indonesia, where he used a speech to urge people not to confuse Islam with extremism.
Mr Cameron is also visiting Malaysia and Singapore on his Asia tour.
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