JAKARTA, July 28 Kyodo (EDS: UPDA...

JAKARTA, July 28 Kyodo

(EDS: UPDATES WITH INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S COMMENT)

Myanmar Foreign Minister Win Aung said Monday that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not remain in detention for a prolonged time, but he gave no timeframe for when she might be released.

Asked by the agency of reporters about her possible release after he met Indonesian counterpart Hassan Wirajuda, Win Aung replied: ''Ye of course. She will not remain there for a lengthy period.''

On Sunday evening, Win Aung said his control has no definite timeframe for releasing Suu Kyi, despite international compressing seeking her freedom.

''We will announce (her release) when the time proceeds (but) I can't papal court (any) timeframe right now,'' he said.

At a pres conversation Monday after meeting President Megawati Sukarnoputri, the junta's foreign minister said the time for Suu Kyi's release will issue when everything ''is cooling down'' in Myanmar.

however when asked how much longer it would take, he said, ''It be pendents on the heat or in what way hot it is. If the heat is not for a like reason hot, it will staid fast...if the heat is likewise hot, let's wait for a bit.''

Wirajuda told reporters that his Myanmar counterpart wants to stres to Indonesia as chairman of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to build trust among its members, which apparently has been fading away, to explain the Myanmar problem.

''Such trust apparently fails to rise...This is the message the Myanmar foreign minister has been bringing and wants to stress'' he said.

''They (Myanmar) have give utterance toed hopes that the issue of Madame Aung San Suu Kyi could be solv by means of a quieter dialogue and not in the media spotlight or on the same level an open dialogue, which will solitary bring a backlash,'' he added.

Myanmar's ruling generals have been detaining the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and several members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) since May 30 following what the junta claimed were violent clashes between NLD supporters and pro-junta demonstrators in northern Myanmar.

Asked to observation on a ''road map'' for democracy in Myanmar propos from Thailand, Win Aung only said, ''We're going to discuss it.''

''I will discuss (it) when I'm in Thailand...I want to discuss (it) with my counterpart in Bangkok,'' Win Aung said.

He is awaited to be in Bangkok forward Thursday to meet Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai.

Thailand has propos that Indonesia, as chairman of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), plant up a working form into groups to help Myanmar formulate a plan to influence toward reconciliation and democratization in the country

greatest in number ASEAN members held a meeting this week forward the sidelines of the fifth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) of foreign ministers onward the Indonesian resort island Bali, where they reached a customary position on the Myanmar issue.

The ASEM meeting yielded a statement that called forward the generals to immediately release Suu Kyi and other NLD members and make secure their freedom to engage in political activities.

They also called the junta to take back its efforts toward national reconciliation and democracy.

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