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November 10, 2007

Burmese Opposition Leader Appears on Front Page of Official Paper
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1A34330:A6F02AD83191E16008D2A169FE617EB1C030207A0BD70133 Aung San Suu Kyi
met Friday with General Aung Kyi, the newly-appointed 'minister for
relations' with the opposition leader





Aung San Suu Kyi (Oct 2007 file photo)Burma's state-controlled press
has given front-page coverage to detained opposition leader, Aung San
Suu Kyi, ahead of a visit by a U.N. human rights specialist.

The official New Light of Myanmar newspaper Saturday published a
photograph of the dissident figure with a representative of Burma's
military government alongside an article about Friday's meetings.

Aung San Suu Kyi met Friday with General Aung Kyi, the newly-appointed
"minister for relations" with the opposition leader.

She was also allowed to meet with members of her National League for
Democracy (NLD) for the first time in more than three years.

After the meetings, Aung San Suu Kyi issued a statement saying she is
"optimistic" about the prospects for national reconciliation.

On Sunday, the U.N.'s special envoy on human rights in Burma, Paulo
Sergio Pinheiro, is scheduled to arrive in the country.

Amnesty International called on Burma's government to cooperate with
Pinheiro and criticized what it called the government's "grave human
rights violations."

Thursday, the detained opposition leader issued a statement saying she
is ready to cooperate with the military in a dialogue and welcomes
United Nations mediation efforts.

U.N. special envoy Ibrahim Gambari is headed for New York, where he
will brief U.N. Security Council members about his trip to Burma this
past week.

Some information for this report was provided by AP.


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