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UN envoy to meet Myanmar junta and Aung San Suu Kyi
Vijay Nambiar, an Indian diplomat who was appointed UN special envoy to Myanmar earlier this year, will be the most high-profile dignitary to meet Nobel laureate Suu Kyi.
Updated : Nov 21, 2013, 01:44 PM IST
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A top United Nations envoy will visit military-ruled Myanmar this weekend to meet with senior government officials and recently released pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, diplomats said on Friday.
Vijay Nambiar, an Indian diplomat who was appointed UN special envoy to Myanmar earlier this year, will be the most high-profile dignitary to meet Nobel laureate Suu Kyi since her release from seven years of house arrest on November 13.
A foreign ministry official said Nambiar would visit "soon" but would not say whether government ministers or members of the ruling junta were prepared to meet him.
A western diplomat in Yangon said Nambiar had been given the go-ahead by the regime to visit Myanmar this weekend.
Suu Kyi, who has spent 15 of the past 21 years in some form of detention because of her fight against military dictatorship, has been given a free reign by the generals since her release, which has raised some suspicion about their motives.
She has met regularly with supporters, party members and given numerous interviews with foreign media. However, the Supreme Court, which critics say is influenced by the regime, has turned down her appeal to have her National League for Democracy party reinstated following its dissolution in September.
Nambiar is a former Indian ambassador to China and is believed to have a good relationship with Beijing, a key ally of the Myanmar junta. He recently visited India, China and Singapore to discuss issues related to Myanmar and its political process.
Nambiar is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's chief of staff. He replaces Ibrahim Gambari, who served as the UN's envoy to Myanmar for four years but was widely criticised as being ineffective.
Ban has welcomed Suu Kyi's release but warned the military not to place any restrictions on her. Although he has criticised the November 7 election, won overwhelmingly by a proxy party of the military, he says the UN is willing to work with the new government when it is formed.
