Re: thanks to philippines from mg myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi is an agent of the British MI-6 /



On May 24, 2:53 pm, Mg Myanmar <mgmyan...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Philippines says Myanmar's Suu Kyi not on ASEAN agenda
Wed May 23, 2007 4:12 PM IST

MANILA (Reuters) - Southeast Asian diplomats will not discuss the
continued detention of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in
preparatory meetings for a regional summit in July, a senior Filipino
official said on Wednesday.

"We're not taking up Myanmar," Erlinda Basilio, foreign affairs
undersecretary for policy, told reporters.

Officials from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) were meeting in Manila this week to decide on the agenda for
a
meeting of their foreign ministers in the Philippine capital in late
July.

The Philippines, which holds the rotating chairmanship of ASEAN, will
also host a meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum, Asia's largest
security forum, in August.

Affirming the bloc's policy on non-interference on internal problems,
Basilio said the human rights situation in Myanmar and Suu Kyi's case
were never discussed in preparatory meeting.

She said ASEAN officials would also not raise the issue during
meetings on Friday with 17 security partners, including some of
Myanmar's harshest critics, such as the United States, and the
European Union.

On Tuesday, Christopher Hill, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State,
renewed calls for the release of the Nobel Peace laureate after
meetings with Thai officials in Bangkok.

His appeals came a day after similar appeals were made by Louise
Arbour, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, who also
asked for the release of more than 1,000 political prisoners across
Burma.

Suu Kyi has been under house arrest for 11 of the past 17 years. Her
latest four-year detention was due to expire on May 27, but, the
generals running the poor Southeast Asian state were expected to
extend the term for another year.
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