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ASEAN Officials meets Aung San Suu



		ASEAN OFFICIAL MEETS AUNG SAN SUU KYI
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	     Wednesday 22 October, 1997 (9:40pm AEST)


          Philippines Foreign Minister Domingo Siazon has met with 
	  Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi at her
          home in Rangoon. 

          Mr Siazon, who met Ms Suu Kyi last week, is the highest-ranking 
	  ASEAN official to meet the 1991 Nobel Peace
          Prize winner. 

          The Associated Press says Mr Siazon was in Burma with 
	  Philippine President Fidel Ramos, and together with
          Senator Alberto Romulo, met Ms Suu Kyi for lunch after the 
	  president's departure.

          AP says President Ramos requested permission to see Ms Suu Kyi 
	  during his visit, but the Burmese junta did not
          respond. 

          Even though she's no longer under house arrest, access to Ms 
	  Suu Kyi is tightly-controlled by the military
          government. 

	[ABC News, 22 October 1997].

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