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UN chief meets Aung San Suu Kyi for first time | United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
met with Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar 's National League for Democrcy (NLD),
for the first time at her lakeside residence here Tuesday, the last day of Ban's
three-day offical visit to the country. Ban hailed Suu Kyi's efforts to advance
democracy in Myanmar , congratulating her for being elected as a parliamentarian
and admiring her decision to prepare for parliament debut despite oath word issue.
He voiced UN's support of the process to improve democracy and human rights which
might be difficult and be irreversible. He invited Suu Kyi to visit UN headquarters
in New York at appropriate time. Ban arrived Myanmar on Sunday for the historic
visit in light of significant changes taking place in the country. While in Nay
Pyi Taw Monday, Ban met with President U Thein Sein and speakers of the two Houses
Thura U Shwe Mann and U Khin Aung Myint. They discussed a wide range of issues
relating to promotion of cooperation between the UN and Myanmar . An agreement
was signed between the UN and Myanmar on providing the latter with technical assistance
and helping mobilize financial support for the country's first census since 1983.
Addressing the parliament in Nay Pyi Taw on the day, Ban urged the international
community to go further in lifting, easing and suspending trade restrictions and
other sanctions on Myanmar . Before meeting with Suu Kyi, Ban had toured eastern
Shan state and looked into the ongoing project of drug elimination implemented
by the UN Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC). It is Ban's third trip to Myanmar
. His first tour was in 2008 when cyclone Nargis struck the country but Ban missed
Suu Kyi in his second trip in 2009 for being denied to meet her as she was under
house restriction and was faced with legal charge for " harboring" a U.S. citizen
who sneaked into her lakeside residence for three days.
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