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10-05-2024, 01:17 PM
Myanmar junta rebuffs Cambodia ex-leader Hun Sen’s request to meet Suu Kyi.
YANGON – Myanmar’s junta on May 8 denied a request by former Cambodian leader Hun Sen for talks with democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been detained since a 2021 coup.
Ms Suu Kyi has largely been hidden from view since the military detained her as it seized power in a putsch that has plunged the country into turmoil.
The junta has rebuffed numerous requests by foreign leaders and diplomats to meet the Nobel laureate, 78, who has reportedly suffered health problems during more than three years in detention.
On May 7, Mr Hun Sen, who ruled Cambodia for nearly four decades before stepping down in 2023, said he had requested a meeting with Ms Suu Kyi during video talks with junta chief Min Aung Hlaing.
In an audio message released by the military’s information team, spokesman Zaw Min Tun said the junta had “no reason to facilitate it at this moment”.
The military would hold promised and much-delayed fresh elections “without fail”, he said, without giving details.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asi...et-suu-kyi
YANGON – Myanmar’s junta on May 8 denied a request by former Cambodian leader Hun Sen for talks with democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been detained since a 2021 coup.
Ms Suu Kyi has largely been hidden from view since the military detained her as it seized power in a putsch that has plunged the country into turmoil.
The junta has rebuffed numerous requests by foreign leaders and diplomats to meet the Nobel laureate, 78, who has reportedly suffered health problems during more than three years in detention.
On May 7, Mr Hun Sen, who ruled Cambodia for nearly four decades before stepping down in 2023, said he had requested a meeting with Ms Suu Kyi during video talks with junta chief Min Aung Hlaing.
In an audio message released by the military’s information team, spokesman Zaw Min Tun said the junta had “no reason to facilitate it at this moment”.
The military would hold promised and much-delayed fresh elections “without fail”, he said, without giving details.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asi...et-suu-kyi
