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BURMA READY TO DISCUSS HR WITH EU



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Myanmar ready to discuss human rights with EU 

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MYANMAR'S junta has signalled its readiness to discuss human rights at an
Asean-EU ministerial meeting in Berlin next month, a Thai foreign ministry
spokesman said yesterday. 

Deputy ministry spokesman Kitti Wasinondh said Myanmar Foreign Minister Win
Aung had written to his Thai counterpart Surin Pitsuwan late last month
saying Yangon was ready to talk with its European critics on "any issue".
"The letter said Myanmar is ready to discuss any issue including development
(of democracy and human rights) in Myanmar if the meeting starts as
planned," Mr Kitti said. 

The scheduled meeting of ministers from Asean and the EU has been thrown
into doubt over long-standing differences between Europe and the military
regime in Yangon. -- AFP