HC Deb 10 July 1996 vol 281 cc220-1W
37. Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on recent events in Burma. [35198]

Mr. Hanley

We remain deeply concerned about the situation in Burma. We issued a statement on 22 May. Our ambassador in Rangoon followed this up with a demarche to the State Law and Order Restoration Council on 7 June.

Together with our EU partners, we have consistently pressed the SLORC to work with Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma's other democratic groups to achieve national reconciliation and democratic reform. We shall continue to do so.

We make it clear to the SLORC that resumption of normal relations is conditional on progress in this and other key areas, including human rights.

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