'No progress' in Burma says NLD

BBC News

The Burmese opposition has said that there has been no sign of any dialogue with the military government for the past month.

National League for Democracy (NLD) spokesman Nyan Win told the BBC he had not been allowed to speak to detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Mr Win said he knew nothing of any further contact between Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi and the military government. The UN has repeatedly called for talks between the government and Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi.

Dialogue offer

UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari has made two visits to Burma since tens of thousands of people joined massive street demonstrations led by monks, in Rangoon and other cities, in an outpouring of anger at the military government. After his second visit early in November he read out a statement from Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi in which she offered to take part in a dialogue with the military. Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi is under house arrest and this was the first time her words had been made public in years.