"The SLORC still shows no signs of accepting the inevitable --

"The SLORC still shows no signs of accepting the inevitable -- that it can only achieve legitimacy by negotiating with the person who won the election which SLORC itself organized, and cannot therefore brand as unfair."

The only sign of SLORC flexibility is that Aung San Suu Kyi has been invited to attend the official celebrations today of Martyr's Day, honoring her father.

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Indonesia, through the ARF meeting, should scatter seeds that enable the ARF to move faster toward becoming a mechanism or process for conflict resolution.

Indonesia must table norms of inter-state behavior applicable to all Asia-Pacific countries.