Seanad debates

Tuesday, 1 July 2003

Adjournment Matters. - Foreign Conflicts.

 

On 3 June the Burmese Foreign Minister, Win Aung, wrote to Foreign Minister Papandreou of Greece, which holds the EU Presidency, setting out the Burmese Government's version of recent events. A common response on behalf of all EU Foreign Ministers setting out our agreed position has since been sent. The European Council at ThessalonĂ­ki, on 18 and 19 June, expressed its continued grave concern over developments in Burma. It urged the Burmese authorities immediately to release Suu Kyi, as well as other members of the NLD, and reopen NLD offices.

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