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UN envoy Razali meets Myanmar`s top general
Yangon, Oct 02: A United Nations envoy met with the leader of Myanmar`s military government on the last day of a mission to secure the release of the detained pro-democrat Aung San Suu Kyi and revive a national reconciliation process.
Yangon, Oct 02: A United Nations envoy met with the leader of Myanmar's military government on the last day of a mission to secure the release of the detained pro-democrat Aung San Suu Kyi and revive a national reconciliation process.
Razali Ismail told reporters that he met briefly today
with senior Gen. Than Shwe at the Defence Ministry, but gave
no details of their discussions. He met yesterday with the
Prime Minister and Suu Kyi.
Razali described the meeting with Suu Kyi at her lakeside residence in Yangon as "very useful for me," and said he would report back to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Asked if he would meet again with Suu Kyi in the near future, Razali said, "no, there is no occasion for that”.
Suu Kyi was detained following a bloody clash on May 30 between a group of her supporters and a pro-government mob. The junta has said she was detained for her own safety and to avoid unrest, and has been unresponsive to widespread international calls for her unconditional release.
However, last week it allowed her to return home, where she remains under house arrest.
The 1991 Nobel peace prize winner, who has spent much of the past 14 years under house arrest, is recuperating after gynecological surgery at a Yangon hospital last week.
Razali, a former Malaysian diplomat, was scheduled to hold a briefing for diplomats before leaving Myanmar at the end of his three-day mission later today.
Bureau Report
Razali described the meeting with Suu Kyi at her lakeside residence in Yangon as "very useful for me," and said he would report back to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Asked if he would meet again with Suu Kyi in the near future, Razali said, "no, there is no occasion for that”.
Suu Kyi was detained following a bloody clash on May 30 between a group of her supporters and a pro-government mob. The junta has said she was detained for her own safety and to avoid unrest, and has been unresponsive to widespread international calls for her unconditional release.
However, last week it allowed her to return home, where she remains under house arrest.
The 1991 Nobel peace prize winner, who has spent much of the past 14 years under house arrest, is recuperating after gynecological surgery at a Yangon hospital last week.
Razali, a former Malaysian diplomat, was scheduled to hold a briefing for diplomats before leaving Myanmar at the end of his three-day mission later today.
Bureau Report