Suu Kyi neutral on EU sanctions

Suu Kyi neutral on EU sanctions

MYANMAR: Pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi told a visiting European Union (EU) delegation on Tuesday she was "neutral" toward the crippling economic sanctions imposed on her country.

The National League for Democracy leader held more than two hours of "comprehensive talks" with the EU delegation at her party's headquarters, NLD deputies said.

Party spokesman U Lwin said the Nobel peace laureate, for years viewed as a key advocate of economic sanctions, believed it was up to outside governments and institutions to formulate their economic policy on Yangon.

The EU's first mission to Myanmar since the ruling military junta released Suu Kyi in May from 19 months of house arrest was aimed at assessing the country's political reform. --AFP