UN special envoy to visit Myanmar

Fri, 25 May 2001, 00:00 WIB | Source: DPA

YANGON (DPA): United Nations Special Envoy to Myanmar Razali
Ismail has been invited to pay a four-day visit to the country
starting June 1, government officials confirmed on Thursday.

It will be Razali's fourth visit to the problem-plagued
country since June, 2000, shortly after the Malaysian diplomat
was appointed special envoy to Myanmar for UN Secretary General
Kofi Annan.

Razali had greater success than his predecessors in breaching
the political gulf between Myanmar's ruling military junta and
the main opposition party, the National League for Democracy
(NLD), headed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

Shortly after Razali's first two visits last year, the two
sides initiated a quiet political dialogue in October, aimed at
ending years of deadlock.

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