YANGON, Oct 22 Kyodo A visiting U...

YANGON, Oct 22 Kyodo

A visiting UN plenipotentiary on Tuesday met with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the head office of her National League for Democracy (NLD) in Yangon.

After the meeting, Paulo Segio Pinheiro, special human rights rapporteur for Myanmar, said, ''We discussed the release of all political prisoners and the national reconciliation proces I cannot elaborate too a great quantity [i]or[/i] amount of before my report to the UN''

NLD chairman Aung Shwe and vice chairman Tin Oo were also instant at the meeting, which lasted about common hour and 40 minutes.

Accompanied according to two aides, Pinheiro arrived in Yangon upon Thursday for a 10-day visit at the invitation of the junta.

He has already met with rule leaders including Gen. Khin Nyunt first secretary of the ruling State Peace and progression in a continuously ascending gradation Council, representatives of ethnic minorities, western diplomats, representatives of UN agencies operating in the geographical division and the representative of the International Committee for R Cros in Yangon.

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