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British to Burma & KN to Jakarta



Attn: Burma Newsreaders


Senior British official visits Burma

    LONDON, Nov 7 (Reuter) - Britain said on Monday a senior Foreign Office
official would visit Burma this week for talks with the ruling military
government. 
    A Foreign Office spokesman said the November 8-11 visit, the first by a
senior British official since the Burmese elections of 1990, accorded with
the European Union policy of ``critical dialogue'' with the Rangoon
government. 
    The visit by David Dain, an assistant under-secretary of state, followed
some ``potentially encouraging'' signals from the government including
meetings with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, he said. 
    Suu Kyi, who has a British husband, and another prominent dissident, Tin
U, have been detained since July 1989, but nevertheless managed to lead their
National League for Democracy to an overwhelming victory in May 1990
elections. 
    The spokesman said Dain's visit would help the London government judge
whether any ``positive improvement'' had taken place in Burma. 
    It would also ensure Burmese authorities understood the British
government's continuing concerns in the key areas of human rights and
democratic reforms, he said. 

REUTER
Transmitted: 94-11-07 09:38:48 EST
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Burma's Khin Nyunt to visit Indonesia

    JAKARTA, Nov 7 (Reuter) - The effective leader of Burma's ruling State
Law and Order Restoration Council, Lieutenant General Khin Nyunt, will visit
Indonesia to study the role of women, Women's Affairs Minister Mien Sugandhi
said on Monday. 
    ``Lieutenant General Khin Nyunt will visit Indonesia on December 19-24.
We invite him to see the role of women in Indonesia and they will also attend
Indonesian Mother's Day in South Sumatra on December 22,'' Sugandhi told
reporters after meeting President Suharto. 
    Burma has been largely ostracised by the international community since
the army massacre of democracy protesters in 1988 and a later crackdown on
opposition figures, including Novel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. 
    Khin Nyunt visited Indonesia in December 1993 as part of a move to
recover international acceptance after the military council's 1988 takeover.
Sugandhi said other women officials from Burma would accompany Khin Nyunt. 
 REUTER


Transmitted: 94-11-07 02:50:29 EST