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| Southeast Asia |
| UN envoy meets Myanmar junta leader today |
| 2007-10-02 |
| UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari was Monday taken on a helicopter ride in a remote region of northeastern Myanmar as he awaited talks with junta leader Than Shwe, a military official said. Gambari arrived in Myanmar on Saturday, and has already made two trips to the military regime’s remote capital Naypyidaw in hopes of meeting the junta’s reclusive leader. An information ministry official said Gambari would be granted a meeting with General Than Shwe on Tuesday, but in the meantime the envoy was sent on a tour of northeastern Shan state. A military official said Gambari was staying in the town of Lashio, 600 miles northeast of main city Yangon, where the government was also holding a workshop with a group of journalists. “He is here, as the guest of the divisional commander. He is staying at the command headquarters,” a military official told AFP. The military arranged a helicopter to fly him around the region, but the official declined to give any details of his trip or to explain why Gambari was sent there. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari A name to inspire confidence. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-10-02 08:22 |