VOA NEWS: U.N. ENVOY LEAVES BURMA WITHOUT MEETING OPPOSITION LEADER
August 23, 2008
August 23, 2008
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The Voice of America issued the following story:
The United Nations special envoy to Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, has left that southeast Asian country after failing to meet with detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Gambari extended his visit by one day Saturday in hopes of meeting with the Nobel laureate. Officials with Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy Party said she declined an invitation to meet with him. They di . . .
The United Nations special envoy to Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, has left that southeast Asian country after failing to meet with detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Gambari extended his visit by one day Saturday in hopes of meeting with the Nobel laureate. Officials with Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy Party said she declined an invitation to meet with him. They di . . .