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| Suu Kyi 'to meet Burma official' | Suu Kyi 'to meet Burma official' |
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| Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has reportedly left her home - where she is under house arrest - to hold talks with a government official. | Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has reportedly left her home - where she is under house arrest - to hold talks with a government official. |
| She was taken to meet Aung Kyi, a retired general recently appointed to liaise with her, diplomats say. | She was taken to meet Aung Kyi, a retired general recently appointed to liaise with her, diplomats say. |
| Aung Kyi was given the post earlier this month in an apparent concession to the international community. | Aung Kyi was given the post earlier this month in an apparent concession to the international community. |
| Burma's junta has been heavily criticised by the UN for its crackdown on anti-government protests last month. | Burma's junta has been heavily criticised by the UN for its crackdown on anti-government protests last month. |
| The government said 10 people died during the crackdown, but diplomats believe the toll was much higher. Thousands more - many of them monks - are thought to have been detained. | |
| 'Smooth relations' | |
| Previous attempts to build dialogue between the military and Ms Suu Kyi - the head of the National League for Democracy party - have come to nothing. | |
| Senior military generals are reported to find even the mention of her name distasteful, and she has spent 12 of the past 18 years under house arrest. | |
| She last left home a few weeks ago, to meet UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari at a military guesthouse in Burma's main city, Rangoon. | |
| Mr Gambari, who also met Burma's military leader General Than Shwe during his visit, suggested appointing a liaison officer between the two sides. | |
| The state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper then announced that the government had agreed to the idea "in respect of Gambari's recommendation and in view of smooth relations", and that Aung Kyi had been appointed. | |
| Among foreign diplomats and journalists, Aung Kyi has a reputation for being relatively accessible and reasonable compared with the most senior Burmese leaders. | |
| He is used to difficult roles. He also serves as deputy labour minister, with the task of dealing with the International Labour Organization, which regularly accuses Burma's military of using forced labour. |