UN envoy arrives in Myanmar to push for reforms
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UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari arrived Thursday in Myanmar to try to press the ruling junta to include detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in promised multi-party elections.
Gambari was set to meet foreign diplomats later Thursday, and on previous missions has also been allowed to meet Aung San Suu Kyi and senior government officials.
However, on his last visit he was shunned by the regime's reclusive leader, Senior General Than Shwe, and it was unclear if he would see him this time.
The rest of his schedule has not been announced and his departure date has not been set, although diplomats expect him to leave on Sunday.
It is Gambari's third visit in all since last September's deadly crackdown on anti-government street protests, and the first since the junta's surprise announcement last month of a constitutional referendum in May and multi-party elections in 2010.
Gambari was set to meet foreign diplomats later Thursday, and on previous missions has also been allowed to meet Aung San Suu Kyi and senior government officials.
However, on his last visit he was shunned by the regime's reclusive leader, Senior General Than Shwe, and it was unclear if he would see him this time.
The rest of his schedule has not been announced and his departure date has not been set, although diplomats expect him to leave on Sunday.
It is Gambari's third visit in all since last September's deadly crackdown on anti-government street protests, and the first since the junta's surprise announcement last month of a constitutional referendum in May and multi-party elections in 2010.
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