New York: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday welcomed the release of a popular leader in Myanmar and asked the country`s military junta to immediately free the iconic democratic leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
"The Secretary-General welcomes today the release in Yangon of U Tin Oo, vice chairman of the National League for Democracy (NLD), upon expiration of his six-year house arrest term," the UN said in a statement attributable to his spokesman.
Ban hopes that this development will contribute to the advancement of substantive dialogue between NLD and the Government of Myanmar as a necessary step towards a more credible and inclusive political process.
"To that end, the Secretary-General reiterates his call on the Government of Myanmar to lift without further delay the restrictions on NLD General Secretary Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and to release all remaining political prisoners," the UN statement said.
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