Myanmar says no Suu Kyi visit for Asean envoy, would be unlawful

Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi attends the joint news conference of the Japan-Mekong Summit Meeting at the Akasaka Palace State Guest House in Tokyo, Japan October 9, 2018. REUTERS FILE PHOTO

Myanmar will not allow a special Asean envoy to meet with detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a top official in the ruling junta said, because it is beyond the country’s domestic laws.

Vice-Senior General Soe Win said no other country would allow such a move, as Suu Kyi is facing trial. Myanmar’s agreement on the envoy with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) was that a visit would depend on internal stability, he said in remarks in state media.

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