UN suggestion taken up by Burma's rulers
Burma’s ruling junta said today it hoped to achieve “smooth relations” with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a day after suggesting that she was unlikely to be released from house arrest anytime soon.
The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece of the junta, printed a brief official announcement on its front page saying that Deputy Labour Minister Aung Kyi had been appointed “minister for relations” to coordinate contacts with Suu Kyi, the country’s democracy icon.
