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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 12:10:46 +0000
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Subject: Talk to Suu Kyi or face US trade sanctions: Lake
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The Asian Age
Talk to Suu Kyi or face US trade sanctions : Lake
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Bangkok, July 11: US national security adviser Anthony Lake on Thursday
issued a new treat to impose trade sanctions against Burma's military rulers.
But at the same time he also stressed the need for dialouge between the junta
and its opponents.
Sanctions are a "useful tool to have in our pockets," Mr. Lake told reporters
here, but insisted any decision on their use would have to await the outcome
of discussions in Congress.
He said that Burma had a democratically-elected leader, Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi,
who had been prevented from filling the role she deserved in Burmese society.
The United States supported efforts to promote dialogue between Ms. Aung San
Suu Kyi and the ruling government in Burma, he added.
Ms. Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won the 1990 Democracy
elections, capturing some 80 per cent of the seats, but the results were ignored
by the junta.
NLD advocates sanctions against Burma and stopping the flow of foreign
investment here as they believe that they bring economic benefits to the ruling
elite and its supporters. Two weeks ago US commerce secretary Mickey Kantor
speaking to reporters in Bangkok expressed Washington's deep concern about
the situation in Burma and said sanctions could be an appropriate response to
the junta's camp-down against its opponents. Burma was among the regional
issues that Mr. Lake was scheduled to discuss later on Thursday with the Thai
Prime Minister. Mr. Lake is on the second leg of five-nation East Asian tour.
He arrive from Beijing on Wednesday and will later visit Hanoi, Seoul and
Tokyo. (AFP)
Don't admit Burma in Asean : Suu Kyi
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Bangkok, July 11: Burma's entrance to the Association of South East Asian
Nations would not contribute to stability in the prosperous region, Ms. Aung
San Suu Kyi was quoted as saying on Thursday. Ms. Suu Kyi, in an interview
with the Bangkok Post, said that the lack of stability, rule of law and justice in
Burma would be problematic for Asean. Burma is hoping to become a full
member by 1998.
"I think they (Asean countries) should take care about how far the government
is capable of achieving peace and stability, because unless the government is
capable of achieving peace and stability, it cannot do the region any
good at all,"
she said.
Asean has promoted a policy of constructive engagement with Burma in the
belief that close contacts with the junta were the best way of bringing about
political reforms. Ms. Suu Kyi has repeatedly appealed to the members of
Asean not to invest in Burma in order to bringing pressure to bear on the junta.
(AFP)
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