Sunday, April 1, 2012
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Myanmar’s foreign minister says the weekend by-elections contested by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in his Southeast Asian nation were “free and fair.”
Wunna Maung Lwin’s upbeat assessment of Sunday’s vote was echoed by
colleagues in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which will
hold its annual summit in the Cambodian capital this week.
Wunna told reporters Monday in Phnom Penh: “It was free, fair and transparent elections.”
ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan says poll observers reported a
high turnout of voters, adding the elections foster Myanmar’s ongoing
democratic reforms.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa says the voting will
further ensure Myanmar’s recent reforms will be “irreversible.”
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