UN envoy to go to Myanmar

Wed, 17 Dec 1997 | Source: AFP

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said here yesterday he would send a special envoy to Myanmar in January to meet officials of its ruling junta as well as opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Annan disclosed the plan to journalists after meeting Myanmar leader Senior Gen. Than Shwe on the sidelines of an East Asian summit here.

"We agreed that I will send my envoy Alvaro de Soto to Myanmar in January to discuss with Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi and the president," he said.

"My envoy will meet the entire leadership and also see Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi next month," added Annan, who was on a bilateral visit to Malaysia but used the occasion to meet some summit participants.

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