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2009-09-28 19:52:41
YANGON, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Aung San Suu Kyi, General Secretary of Myanmar's National League for Democracy (NLD) party, has proposed to the ruling government for cooperation in seeking ways of removing foreign sanctions on Myanmar, said an announcement of the NLD party Monday.
The NLD's announcement carried the copy of Aung San Suu Kyi's signed letter dated Sept. 25 which was forwarded to Senior-General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council.
Aung San Suu Kyi asked for permission in her letter to meet and discuss with the Charge d' affairs of the United States Embassy, the ambassadors of countries of the European Union (EU) and the Australian Ambassador on the issue.
Besides, Aung San Suu Kyi also asked for permission to coordinate with her NLD party for its view.
The U.S. government has imposed sanctions against Myanmar since1997 and these sanctions include suspension of economic aid, withdrawal of Myanmar from the General System of Preference and Overseas Private Investment Programs, implementation of arms embargo, blocking of assistance from international financial institutions, downgrading of the United States' representation in Myanmar from the level of ambassador to charge d' affairs, imposition of visa restriction on senior government officials and a ban on new investment in the country by the U.S. citizen.
Aung San Suu Kyi, 64, was convicted on charge of violating her terms of house arrest then by harboring an American, John William Yettaw, who swam across the Inya Lake in Yangon and entered into her restricted lakeside house for three days from May 3 to 5.
She was sentenced by a Yangon district court to three years' prison terms on Aug. 11 but her terms were immediately commuted to one and a half years' terms which were suspended for carrying out by confinement to her residence according to an order of Than Shwe.
Editor: Fang Yang
Source: Xinhua News
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