New Talks In Myanmar

(18 Aug 08 - RV) United Nations special envoy Ibrahim Gambari arrived in military-ruled Myanmar today for five days of talks to try to kick-start negotiations between the junta and detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The former Nigerian foreign minister is expected to meet Nobel peace laureate Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest for the last five years.
He is also expected to meet senior members of Suu Kui’s National League for Democracy party, which won a 1990 election only to be denied power by the military.
Mark Farmaner is the Director of the Burma Campaign in the UK. He says that hopes of a breakthrough in negotiations are low.