Asia home page | Asia Breaking News

Visit our special sections for latest developments and analysis:

Indonesian defence official visits Burma for official talks

An Indonesian defence ministry official has held talks in Rangoon with senior officials of Burma's ruling military regime

The defence ministry's secretary general, Lieutenant General Johny Lumintang who headed a group of high-ranking Indonesian military officials, met Lieutenant General Khin Nyunt and Foreign Minister Win Aung.

The talks, of which no detail were released, were also attended by senior Indonesian diplomats to Burma.

Both sides would only say that the talks had been "friendly and amicable."

14/02/2002 06:31:22 | ABC Radio Australia News

More Asia Breaking News 22/03/2002 22:01:17 Australia praises Indonesia's co-operation in dealing with terrorism 22/03/2002 22:01:17 Amnesty slams what it calls harsh repression in China's Xinjiang 22/03/2002 22:01:25 Bank of Japan upgrades economic assessment for first time in 20-months 22/03/2002 22:01:18 Militant charged with US journalist's murder, ordered to stand trial 22/03/2002 22:01:18 Norway peace bid picks up in Sri Lanka 22/03/2002 22:01:18 Japan troops depart for East Timor peacekeeping

Back

Related Stories

13/02/2002 05:04:07
Washington urges Burma's junta to speed up talks with democracy leader

11/02/2002 06:02:19
UN rights envoy arrives in Burma for third mission

10/02/2002 17:40:54
U-N envoy to press Burmese military to release political prisoners

06/02/2002 06:06:46
Police in Thailand report a massacre of Karen villagers in Burma

Related Sites

World News from Radio Australia
News across Asia, the Pacific and beyond.