UN chief calls key nations’ meet on Myanmar
From R. Vasudevan—Reporting from New Delhi
New Delhi, 24 March (Asiantribune.com):
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited key nations to a meeting Thursday to discuss the new electoral laws for Myanmar’s upcoming election that bar detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said that Ban believes it is an appropriate time for another meeting of the Group of Friends of Myanmar focusing on the election.
The group includes about 15 countries -- Myanmar’s neighbours, interested Asian and European nations, and the five permanent UN Security Council members, the US, Russia, China, Britain and France.
Suu Kyi’s lawyer said earlier yesterday in the capital Yangon that she is against registering her National League for Democracy party for the elections because the ruling junta’s restrictions on the vote are “unjust“.
- Asian Tribune -
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