Daw Aung Suu Kyi to meet with Burma president
BURMESE opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will meet President Thein Sein today for what a spokesman describes as a very important meeting before she takes her seat in Parliament.
National League for Democracy spokesman Nyan Win said Suu Kyi would fly to the capital Naypyitaw to talk at Thein Sein's invitation.
He said they may discuss democratisation and the peace process with ethnic rebels, as well as parliamentary affairs.
The parliamentary session opens April 23.
A meeting between them last August paved the way for the NLD to rejoin electoral politics and collaborate in promoting political reconciliation.
The NLD had boycotted a November 2010 general election as unfair and undemocratic.
However, when Thein Sein took office a year ago, he began reforms easing the political landscape after almost five decades of military repression. To woo Suu Kyi's party, the election law was amended to meet its objections.
Her party captured 43 seats in an April 1 by-election to become the main opposition presence in Parliament, which is dominated by allies of the former military regime.
The polls were viewed as a milestone for Burma, as it emerges from a half century of military rule, and an astonishing reversal of fortune for former political prisoner Suu Kyi.
During their first historic meeting in August last year, the two had "frank and friendly discussions" to "find ways and means of cooperation," according to an official statement at that time.
Afterward, the 66-year old Nobel Peace laureate told reporters she believed Thein Sein is sincere and "genuinely wishes for democratic reforms."
National League for Democracy spokesman Nyan Win said Suu Kyi would fly to the capital Naypyitaw to talk at Thein Sein's invitation.
He said they may discuss democratisation and the peace process with ethnic rebels, as well as parliamentary affairs.
The parliamentary session opens April 23.
A meeting between them last August paved the way for the NLD to rejoin electoral politics and collaborate in promoting political reconciliation.
The NLD had boycotted a November 2010 general election as unfair and undemocratic.
However, when Thein Sein took office a year ago, he began reforms easing the political landscape after almost five decades of military repression. To woo Suu Kyi's party, the election law was amended to meet its objections.
Her party captured 43 seats in an April 1 by-election to become the main opposition presence in Parliament, which is dominated by allies of the former military regime.
The polls were viewed as a milestone for Burma, as it emerges from a half century of military rule, and an astonishing reversal of fortune for former political prisoner Suu Kyi.
During their first historic meeting in August last year, the two had "frank and friendly discussions" to "find ways and means of cooperation," according to an official statement at that time.
Afterward, the 66-year old Nobel Peace laureate told reporters she believed Thein Sein is sincere and "genuinely wishes for democratic reforms."
Sources: AP
