Daw Aung San Suu Kyi interviewed by Norwegian VGTV
Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi believes the militaryjunta is serious about its willingness to reform.
BurmaIt said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap), on Wednesday met with Suu Kyi in Yangon.
- She takes President Thein Sein seriously, says Støre said.
Burma is about to conduct a series of political reforms.Among other things, there should be elections to the National Assembly, and Suu Kyi has announced that she poses as a candidate.
The meeting with Nobel Peace Prize winner made an impressionon the Minister, who says she appears sober, but she also showsgreat willingness for reconciliation to bring Myanmar towards democracy.
- She is a woman of great courage, the process is fragile and there may be many opposing forces, says the Minister.
Aung San Suu Kyi, who was under house arrest for almost 20 years,has not yet been able to come to Norway to receive the Peace Prize she was awarded in 1991.
- She has a standing invitation to come to Oslo, and she repeatedto me that Norway is the first country she will visit outside of Burma.We hope she can come in a few months, says the Minister.
Softening of the political situation in the country has led to more interest from abroad to establish contacts in Burma, botheconomically and politically.
- We will now consider whether there is a need for local Norwegian representation in Burma, either by an embassy or other foreign mission, possibly in cooperation with our Nordic colleagues, says the Minister.
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