Yangon, Sept 25: Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai held talks here today with Myanmar Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt on the junta's democracy plans, but declined to say if he learned when opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be released. Surakiart traveled to Yangon as the envoy of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, he said, and met with Khin Nyunt for 90 minutes before paying a courtesy call on the isolated country's leader, senior General Than Shwe. "I have listened regarding Myanmar's seven-point road map and received a lot of information, and Myanmar's leadership has promised to give full cooperation in drugs eradication," Surakiart told reporters in Bangkok upon return from his one-day visit. But he would not provide any details on the discussion related to Aung San Suu Kyi, the nobel peace laureate who has been detained by the ruling junta for nearly four months.


"I won't tell (anything about Aung San Suu Kyi), but what I can tell is that we discussed all the issues," he said. Surakiart had planned to offer Thailand's assistance in smoothing the way towards national reconciliation, Thai foreign ministry spokesman Sihasak Phuangketkeow told a news agency.

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