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Australia's ambassador in Burma meets with Suu Kyi

The Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says Australia's ambassador in Burma has had a meeting with the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi today.

Aung San Suu Kyi was recently released after 19 months of house arrest.

Mr Downer says the purpose of the meeting with Australia's Ambassador is twofold.

I'm very pleased that he's managed to get a meeting with her now that she's been released and it will be an opportunity to hear not only how Aung San Suu Kyi feels negotiations with the government in Burma are progressing but for our ambassador to find out if there is anything Australlia can do to encourage a successfull conclusion to those negotiations.

11/05/2002 07:11:31 | ABC Radio Australia News

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