Myanmar To Consider Freeing Suu Kyi
Ankit Gupta - All Headline News Staff Writer Bangkok, Thailand (AHN) - Myanmar is "thinking about" freeing Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi but has not set any timeframe for her release, Thailand's foreign minister said after talks with top officials in the military-ruled country, reported the Press Trust of India sources. Myanmar's leaders have made similar comments in the past but Thai Foreign Minister Kantathi Suphamongkhon said he was encouraged by a meeting with his Myanmar counterpart, Nyan Win. "I told him frankly that I am disappointed about the extension of the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi," Kantathi said in an interview with Thailand's Business Radio station. "He replied, 'I understand how Thailand feels, and we are looking for a way to release her but I cannot tell when she can be released,'" Kantathi said. He quoted Nyan Win as saying that Myanmar's leaders were "'thinking about how to go ahead with this matter.'" Suu Kyi, 60, Myanmar's opposition leader, has spent nearly 11 of the last 17 years in detention, mostly under house arrest. The government extended her detention in May for another year, ignoring worldwide calls for her freedom. The Thai foreign minister called the comments "a good sign" and a departure from Myanmar's official line in the past that Suu Kyi's detention was an internal affair. Kantathi traveled to Myanmar as part of a high-level delegation led by Thai Prime Minist |
