Sunday 08th November, 06:13 AM JST
TOKYO — 
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama pressed Myanmar on Saturday to release the country’s detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi before it holds general elections next year. In talks with the Japanese leader in Tokyo, Myanmar Prime Minister Gen Thein Sein said that ‘‘any party, any person will be able to take part’’ in the elections in accordance with a law that has yet to be announced, according to a Japanese official.
Hatoyama said that if Myanmar holds democratic elections in ways Japan hopes to see, Tokyo will then be able to strengthen various forms of assistance to the country. ‘‘It’s extremely important Ms Suu Kyi and other political prisoners be set free by the time the general elections are held in 2010,’’ the Japanese prime minister was quoted as saying. Hatoyama said at the same time that given the recent progress being made, including the resump
tion of dialogue between the military government and the Nobel Peace laureate and the improvement in its ties with Washington, Japan will expand, in phases, humanitarian and human resources assistance to Myanmar.
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