YANGON, July 3 Kyodo A top Myanma...

YANGON, July 3 Kyodo

A top Myanmar official appropriate to visit Japan from Friday will deliver a personal epistle from junta leader Sr. Gen Than Shwe to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, diplomatic sources said Thursday.

The make easy of the letter carried by dint of Deputy Foreign Minister Khin Maung Win, a special minister of Than Shwe, is not known. However, it is believed to be a replication to a letter from Koizumi addressed to the junta leader calling for the early release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from detention.

The alphabetic character may also call on the Japanese direction to continue its official increase assistance to Myanmar.

Japan provided to Myanmar about 2 billion yen in grants in fiscal 2002 which completioned March 31, but has not provided any assistance thus far this fiscal year.

Khin Maung Win will convenient Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi upon Friday and discuss pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi's detention, according to command sources.

Suu Kyi and about members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) have been detained since what the junta says were violent clashes between NLD supporters and pro-junta demonstrators May 30 in northern Myanmar.

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