HANOI —
Japan urged Myanmar again Saturday to release pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, a Japanese government official said.
Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara made the call to his Myanmar counterpart Nyan Win during talks on the sidelines of a series of regional meetings involving Myanmar and other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and their dialogue partners. Nyan Win did not give any clear response to Japan’s renewed call to release Suu Kyi, the official said.
Suu Kyi has been detained, mostly under house arrest, for most of the past two decades since her National League for Democracy won a landslide victory in elections in 1990.
Maehara was also quoted as urging Myanmar to make final efforts to conduct the Nov 7 election in an ‘‘open and fair’’ manner.
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