Aung San Suu Kyi willing to meet Burma’s military leaders
Published:Sunday | November 14, 2010 | 12:41 PM
Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she is willing to meet military leaders to help work towards national reconciliation.
A day after her release from house arrest, Suu Kyi said it was time to sort out differences.
She said she intends to listen to what the Burmese people and her international supporters wanted as she planned her next steps.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner has spent 15 of the past 21 years in detention.
World leaders and human rights groups have welcomed her release.
US President Barack Obama said her freedom was "long overdue", while UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Suu Kyi was an "inspiration", and has urged Burma to free all its remaining 2,200 political prisoners.
The move came six days after Burma held its first elections in 20 years, which was won by the biggest military-backed party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), but widely condemned as a sham.