ASEAN ministers urge Burma to release Suu Kyi
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ASEAN foreign ministers have expressed deep disappointment over the extension of the house arrest of Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
In Singapore for their annual meeting, the foreign ministers called for Ms Suu Kyi's release and that of other political detainees, as part of Burma's national reconciliation process.
The 10 member bloc also urged the Burmese junta to engage with Aung San Suu Kyi's movement, which has been frozen out of a much-criticised "roadmap to democracy".
Singapore's foreign minister, George Yeo, says the association has also called on the Burmese junta to give UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari access to senior leaders and opposition figures so he can help the country move forward.
