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| Indonesia Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa, left, speaks to journalists during a press conference Wednesday in Yangon, Burma, after a meeting with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, right, at her lakeside residence. Marty arrived here today to attend the second meeting of the Myanmar-Indonesia Joint Commission for bilateral cooperation. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win) |
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Yangon,
Burma. Indonesia’s foreign minister says his country is a forefront partner in
Burma’s current democratization process.
Marty
Natelegawa said Indonesia can help Burma strengthen its democratization efforts
in the same way his country has the past decade. He spoke Wednesday after
meeting his counterpart Wunna Maung Lwin and later pro-democracy leader Aung
San Suu Kyi.
Natelegawa
said Burma’s government has committed to genuine peace talks with ethnic
groups, free and fair elections and to release more political prisoners.
He said
Indonesia can help ensure the “irreversibility in the democratization process”
taking hold in Burma.
He added
the countries agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation and ways to increase
trade, which reached $300 million this year.
Associated Press
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