Suu Kyi meets with junta liaison official

Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with a Myanmar (formerly Burma) junta representative on Wednesday, while state media labelled her attempts to work with the junta to push for the lifting of Western sanctions "dishonest".

AFP - Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with the junta's liaison officer at a state guesthouse for 45 minutes Wednesday, an official told AFP.
   
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, gave no further details of the discussions held between Suu Kyi and the government's official liaison, labour minister Aung Kyi.
   
It is the third meeting between the pair since the beginning of October. It comes after the country's Supreme Court agreed last week to hear a final appeal against her ongoing detention.

Meanwhile, three state-run newspapers, which serve as a mouthpiece for the reclusive junta, issued a commentary calling Suu Kyi's offer to meet with the country's military ruler to help push for the lifting of Western sanctions against the country "insincere and dishonest".

The 64-year-old Nobel peace laureate asked to meet junta leader Senior General Than Shwe in a letter dated Nov 11, saying  she wanted to work with his government in the interests of the country.

Date created : 2009-12-09