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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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