AFP(18/10/95): NZ AMBASSADOR CALLS

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Subject: AFP(18/10/95): NZ AMBASSADOR CALLS ON ASSK

	PAC: NEW ZEALAND AMBASSADOR CALLS ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI
NZ BURMA
   WELLINGTON, Oct 18 AFP - A New Zealand diplomat has called on 
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the request of 
foreign minister Don McKinnon, the minister's office said today.
	   New Zealand's Ambassador to Burma, Phillip Gibson, who is based 
in Bangkok, was charged with assessing the country's progress 
"towards accepted standards of democracy," a statement for McKinnon 
said.
	   "Mr Gibson has reported that while Suu Kyi was in good heart she 
remains concerned about the wider economic and social situation of 
her country and the need to address these issues urgently," 
McKinnon said.
	   She confirmed she had just assumed the position of general 
secretary of the National League for Democracy.
	   "Her message was for the international community to keep up the 
pressure for liberalisation in Myanmar (Burma)," McKinnon said.
	   AFP jk