NAYPYIDAW, SATURDAY, (AFP) -UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was “deeply disappointed” after the reclusive chief of Myanmar's military junta refused to let him meet pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Ban said he had pressed top general Than Shwe on the issue when they met for the second time in two days in the bunker-like capital Naypyidaw, but was told the Nobel Peace laureate was off limits because she is on trial.
“I am deeply disappointed,” Ban told reporters on the tarmac at Napyidaw airport before heading to Yangon. “It is a setback for the international community and it is a missed opportunity for the Myanmar authorities.
”The refusal will add fire to critics of Ban's visit to Myanmar, which had been considered diplomatically risky because of its timing during Aung San Suu Kyi's trial on charges of breaching the terms of her house arrest.
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