AP-U.N. Envoy Meets Myanmar's Suu K

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Sunday October 17 9:56 AM ET
U.N. Envoy Meets Myanmar's Suu Kyi

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - A United Nations special envoy met Myanmar's
pro-democracy leader Sunday as part of his latest bid to break the political
impasse between her and the country's military government.

U.N. Assistant Secretary General Alvaro de Soto met Aung San Suu Kyi, winner
of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, at her lakeside home, diplomats said on
condition of anonymity.

Suu Kyi has appealed for years without success for Myanmar's ruling generals
to hold a meaningful dialogue with her to bring civilian rule to the
Southeast Asian country, which has been under military control since 1962.

In 1990, her National League for Democracy overwhelmingly won elections, but
the result was never honored by the military, and the country remains
without a parliament. Hundreds of Suu Kyi's followers have been jailed and
her activities are tightly curbed.

De Soto, making his sixth trip to Myanmar, has also met Lt. Gen. Khin Nyunt,
the powerful head of military intelligence and one of the top four generals
of the ruling council.

Almost no details of the meetings have been released.