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| Burmese junta appoints go-between | Burmese junta appoints go-between |
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| Burma's military rulers have appointed an official to liaise with detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an apparent concession to the UN. | |
| Aung Kyi, a retired general currently serving as deputy labour minister, was appointed to "continue relations [with her] in the future", state TV said. | Aung Kyi, a retired general currently serving as deputy labour minister, was appointed to "continue relations [with her] in the future", state TV said. |
| The appointment of a go-between was an issue raised by a UN envoy visiting after September's bloody crackdown. | The appointment of a go-between was an issue raised by a UN envoy visiting after September's bloody crackdown. |
| Ms Suu Kyi has been under house arrest for most of the past 18 years. | Ms Suu Kyi has been under house arrest for most of the past 18 years. |
| Gen Than Shwe heads the junta The TV announcement did not say when contacts might begin. | |
| The UN's Ibrahim Gambari suggested appointing a liaison officer when he met Burma's military leader, Gen Than Shwe, last week. | |
| Gen Shwe later said he was ready to meet Ms Suu Kyi if she dropped her support for international sanctions and abandoned what he said was her confrontational attitude. | |
| Previous attempts to build dialogue between the military and Aung San Suu Kyi have come to nothing |