Suu Kyi eases sanctions stance
Sunday, 27 September 2009
YANGON, Sept 26 (AFP): Myanmar opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi has eased her stance on sanctions, her lawyer said Saturday, as the country marked the second anniversary of the junta's bloody crackdown on monk-led protests.
The detained Nobel laureate has written to military regime leader Than Shwe offering suggestions about how to get Western sanctions against the country lifted, after years of espousing punitive measures against the ruling generals.
The move comes just days after the United States unveiled a major policy shift that would see Washington engaging with the junta in a bid to push for democratic reform in the Southeast Asian nation.
"Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has written a letter to Senior General Than Shwe regarding her thinking on the lifting of sanctions that have been imposed on the country," her lawyer Nyan Win told the reporter after meeting her Friday.
"In the letter she submits her thinking about what must be implemented for sanctions to be lifted," said Nyan Win, who is also the spokesman for her National League for Democracy (NLD).
Nyan Win would not give further details about what the suggestions were, saying that they were waiting for the letter to be formally received by the government.
"I will try to send her letter today. This letter is the first letter she herself has directly written to the Senior General," Nyan Win said.
The detained Nobel laureate has written to military regime leader Than Shwe offering suggestions about how to get Western sanctions against the country lifted, after years of espousing punitive measures against the ruling generals.
The move comes just days after the United States unveiled a major policy shift that would see Washington engaging with the junta in a bid to push for democratic reform in the Southeast Asian nation.
"Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has written a letter to Senior General Than Shwe regarding her thinking on the lifting of sanctions that have been imposed on the country," her lawyer Nyan Win told the reporter after meeting her Friday.
"In the letter she submits her thinking about what must be implemented for sanctions to be lifted," said Nyan Win, who is also the spokesman for her National League for Democracy (NLD).
Nyan Win would not give further details about what the suggestions were, saying that they were waiting for the letter to be formally received by the government.
"I will try to send her letter today. This letter is the first letter she herself has directly written to the Senior General," Nyan Win said.