Monday, May 28, 2012 | Posted by BCJP
Nay Pyi Taw, May 28:
India is expected to convey its support for further
progress in Myanmar’s movement towards full democracy when the Prime
Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, meets the Opposition leader, Ms Aung San
Suu Kyi, tomorrow in what is billed as one of the high-points of his
landmark visit.
Ahead of the Dr Singh-Ms Suu Kyi
meeting in Yangon which will see the pro-democracy icon sticking to
protocol and calling on the Indian premier, the External Affairs
Minister, Mr S.M. Krishna, said that “Suu Kyi is one of the important
leaders of Myanmar and it’s natural for the Prime Minister to receive
her with due courtesy and convey our best wishes for a national
reconciliation for a democratic process to blossom in this country.’’
Asked
what more commitments can India make in helping democracy flourish in
Myanmar, Mr Krishna said: “who are we to make more commitments to the
democratic process here. This is a free, sovereign country with whom we
have diplomatic and other relationships.’’
The
meeting with India-educated 66-year-old Nobel Laureate Ms Suu Kyi will
take place a day after Dr Singh’s talks with the Myanmar President, Mr
Thein Sein, who is credited with initiating a series of political
reforms in the last one year.
It speaks volumes of
the changed environment in Myanmar that Dr Singh is meeting leaders at
opposite ends of the political spectrum, in a break from the past few
years when Indian leaders, including the former President, Dr A.P.J.
Abdul Kalam, and the Vice-President, Mr Hamid Ansari, visited this
country but could not meet Ms Suu Kyi who had been under house arrest.
Dr
Singh’s meeting with Ms Suu Kyi is seen as a clear sign that New Delhi
wants a reaffirmation of ties with the democracy activist after facing
international criticism in the past for its engagement with Myanmar’s
former military junta.
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