MALAYSIA WANTS TO SEE NATIONAL RECONCILIATION IN MYANMAR - PM NAJIB

KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 (Bernama) -- Saying that Malaysia wanted to see national reconciliation in Myanmar, Najib Razak said the government there knew what needed to be done to achieve that.

"I would like to see national reconciliation in Myanmar. I think the
government there knows what it needs to do to get the confidence and support of
the international community," said the prime minister.

He said this when asked what his wish was for the country, in conjunction
with Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's 65th birthday Saturday.

Replying to another question on what Asean should do in dealing with Myanmar
issue, Najib said the 10-member regional organisation hoped that the 'road map
to democracy' would entail a solution that was inclusive.

"That is the hope of Asean countries," he said.

Earlier, Najib, who is also the ruling party Barisan Nasional chairman,
opened the People's Progressive Party (PPP) 57th annual general meeting at the
Putra World Trade Centre here.

The 'road map to democracy' paves the way for elections this year in
Myanmar, a country which has been ruled by the military since 1962.

The seven-step 'road map' is aimed at, among others, building a peaceful,
modern and a new democratic nation.

Suu Kyi, a Nobel laureate, has spent 15 of the last 21 years in detention
because of her fight for democracy. She is currently under house arrest.

Her National League for Democracy party won a landslide election victory in
1990, but was denied power by the military.
-- BERNAMA