As part of a marathon global diplomatic trip to consult with key nations on the Burma issue, the United Nations secretary-general's special adviser on Burma started a four-nation trip to Singapore on Monday before a final trip to Burma, according to a UN statement.
Ibrahim Gambari will also visit Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, key players in the Asean regional bloc, where he is scheduled to meet with senior government officials in each country, the statement said.
The Philippines handed over the chairmanship of the Asean Standing Committee to Singapore at the closing ceremony of the 40th Asean Ministerial Meeting in Manila on August 2.
Myint Thein, a spokesperson for Burma's opposition National League for Democracy, said, “We [the NLD] do not want to give any comment on Gambari’s trips at the present. We want to wait for the results.”
In July, the Gambari toured China, India, Japan, Russia and several European countries to consult on how to bring about “national reconciliation, the restoration of democracy and the protection of human rights” in Burma.
The trips started after UN Sec-Gen Ban Ki-moon appointed Gambari as his special adviser on Burma in late May.
Gambari, as the UN under secretary-general for political affairs, has visited Burma twice—in May and November 2006—and met both the top leaders of the military regime and the opposition leaders of the National League for Democracy, including the NLD's leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been detained under house arrest since May 2003.
Ibrahim Gambari will also visit Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, key players in the Asean regional bloc, where he is scheduled to meet with senior government officials in each country, the statement said.
The Philippines handed over the chairmanship of the Asean Standing Committee to Singapore at the closing ceremony of the 40th Asean Ministerial Meeting in Manila on August 2.
Myint Thein, a spokesperson for Burma's opposition National League for Democracy, said, “We [the NLD] do not want to give any comment on Gambari’s trips at the present. We want to wait for the results.”
In July, the Gambari toured China, India, Japan, Russia and several European countries to consult on how to bring about “national reconciliation, the restoration of democracy and the protection of human rights” in Burma.
The trips started after UN Sec-Gen Ban Ki-moon appointed Gambari as his special adviser on Burma in late May.
Gambari, as the UN under secretary-general for political affairs, has visited Burma twice—in May and November 2006—and met both the top leaders of the military regime and the opposition leaders of the National League for Democracy, including the NLD's leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been detained under house arrest since May 2003.
