US challenges Myanmar junta to release Suu Kyi this week
The United States on Monday welcomed a rare meeting between a top UN envoy and Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi but called on the Southeast Asian state's military junta to release the dissident this week when her current term of house arrest expires.
The State Department said Washington was pleased that visiting UN undersecretary for political affairs Ibrahim Gambari was able to see Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon at the weekend but cautioned that it did not reflect progress in democratic reforms.
"The regime's decision to allow them to meet is positive, but by itself does not constitute progress," department spokesman Justin Higgins told AFP.
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