RP VP cannot see Aung San Suu Kyi

Fri, 04 May 2001, 00:00 WIB | Source: AFP

MANILA (AFP): Philippine Vice President Teofisto Guingona said
on Thursday the Myanmar government politely rebuffed his attempts
to meet detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon
last weekend.

Guingona said in a briefing to foreign diplomats that he cited
the Philippines' role in sponsoring Myanmar's membership of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) but still met with
no success.

Asked if he was satisfied with the explanation, Guingona said:
"I'm satisfied. I want to give them time."

Guingona received activists opposed to the Myanmar rulers in
April and the group urged him to seek a meeting with the Nobel
laureate, who is under house arrest. Guingona flew to Myanmar
last weekend for an ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting.

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