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Burma: Exiled opposition leader calls for meetings with China and India

Adnkronos International
June 24, 2008

Bangkok, 24 June (AKI) - The prime minister of the Burmese opposition's government-in-exile, Sein Win, has asked for a meeting with respresentatives from the governments of India and China.

In an interview with the Thai-based Irrawaddy news website, Win said that he was asking for a meeting with the leaders of the "countries that play an important role for a peaceful solution to the political crisis" in Burma.

Win said that it was support from these two Asian giants was "necessary".

"I want to travel to India and China and talk with their government officials and meet their people and present our views," he said adding that he was undeterred by previous attempts to open discussions with New Delhi and Beijing which has so far not produced any positive results.

He said that the two countries "are very elusive because they are afraid any contact with us could jeopardize their relationship with the (ruling) military junta."

However he added that the desire for stability, prosperity and dialogue could become the basis of talks between these two government and the Burmese government-in-exile.

"Since 1990, I could not go to China and India," said Sein Win, who in an interview last year said he would like to have his government-in-exile located in India, rather than in Washington DC.

Win is a cousin of Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is currently under house arrest. Suu Kyi is the leader of the National League of Democracy.

Win said the recent referendum conducted by the Burmese military junta was "unacceptable" not just in the way in which it was conducted but also in the basis of the referendum.

The referendum was for the people of Burma to vote on whether to adopt a new constitution. The referendum was carried out on 10 May despite the devastation caused in Burma by Cyclone Nargis just days before.

The military-drafted new constitution also bars Suu Kyi's National League of Democracy from taking part in elections in 2010. Suu Kyi led the NLD to a landslide victory in elections in 1990 but the party was never allowed to take office.

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