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Created
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09TOKYO1878
2009-08-14 07:02:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
JAPAN EXPRESSING DISAPPOINTMENT ABOUT AUNG SAN SUU
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C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 001878
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP/J, EAP/MLS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/12/2019
TAGS: PHUM PGOV PREL BM JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN EXPRESSING DISAPPOINTMENT ABOUT AUNG SAN SUU
KYI VERDICT
REF: STATE 83598
Classified By: Acting Bilateral and Foreign Policy Unit Chief Ray Hotz
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 001878
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP/J, EAP/MLS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/12/2019
TAGS: PHUM PGOV PREL BM JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN EXPRESSING DISAPPOINTMENT ABOUT AUNG SAN SUU
KYI VERDICT
REF: STATE 83598
Classified By: Acting Bilateral and Foreign Policy Unit Chief Ray Hotz
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ shares Washington's deep
disappointment over the August 11 verdict and subsequent
decision by the Burmese regime to extend Aung San Suu Kyi's
(ASSK) house arrest. MOFA officials also stress the
importance of recognizing indications that Burma is heeding
international concerns about ASSK's detention. Foreign
Minister Hirofumi Nakasone's statement of regret regarding
the ASSK ruling follows the main text. END SUMMARY
2. (C) POLOFF conveyed reftel demarche points to MOFA Asian
and Oceanian Affairs Bureau First Southeast Asia Division
Principal Deputy Director Shogo Yoshitake on August 14 and
expressed appreciation for FM Nakasone's statement regarding
the continued house arrest of pro-democracy leader Aung San
Suu Kyi. Yoshitake said that the GOJ shares Washington's
concerns over the verdict and the decision to keep ASSK in
detention. Nakasone's statement is part of a series of
recent efforts, including a telephone call to Burmese Foreign
Minister U Nyan Win in May and direct talks with Win in
Thailand in July, to press Rangoon on the release of ASSK,
Yoshitake noted. He agreed that ASSK has a critical role to
play in national reconciliation and in any democracy
transition efforts.
3. (C) Yoshitake stressed the importance of recognizing
indications that Burma is heeding international concerns
about ASSK's detention. He specifically noted the junta's
decision to commute ASSK's three year court-decided prison
sentence to 18 months of house arrest and to allow some
flexibility, not further specified, in the regulations
regarding her movements.
4. (C) Full text of the Foreign Ministry statement follows:
Begin Statement
Statement of Minister of Foreign Affairs Nakasone on the
Verdict on Aung San Suu Kyi, 11 August 2009
The Special Court of Insein Prison delivered statement of
three years of imprisonment with labor to Daw Aung San Suu
Kyi, whereas the Government of Myanmar announced that Daw
Aung San Suu Kyi will be under house arrest for one and a
half years. Japan has been urging the Government of Myanmar
to act in an appropriate way, taking into account the voice
of the international community. Japan is deeply disappointed
by this statement and, although Japan takes note of the
above-said decision made by the Government of Myanmar, deeply
regrets the current situation of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
Japan has been urging the Myanmar Government to release all
political prisoners including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
immediately and proceed a democratization process with
participation of all the parties concerned. In addition, Mr.
Ban Ki-Moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who
visited Myanmar at the beginning of July, also urged the
Myanmar side to release all political prisoners. Japan
strongly expects that the Myanmar Government seriously heeds
the above-stated views of the international community and
conducts positively toward the democratization in Myanmar.
End Statement
ZUMWALT
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP/J, EAP/MLS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/12/2019
TAGS: PHUM PGOV PREL BM JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN EXPRESSING DISAPPOINTMENT ABOUT AUNG SAN SUU
KYI VERDICT
REF: STATE 83598
Classified By: Acting Bilateral and Foreign Policy Unit Chief Ray Hotz
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ shares Washington's deep
disappointment over the August 11 verdict and subsequent
decision by the Burmese regime to extend Aung San Suu Kyi's
(ASSK) house arrest. MOFA officials also stress the
importance of recognizing indications that Burma is heeding
international concerns about ASSK's detention. Foreign
Minister Hirofumi Nakasone's statement of regret regarding
the ASSK ruling follows the main text. END SUMMARY
2. (C) POLOFF conveyed reftel demarche points to MOFA Asian
and Oceanian Affairs Bureau First Southeast Asia Division
Principal Deputy Director Shogo Yoshitake on August 14 and
expressed appreciation for FM Nakasone's statement regarding
the continued house arrest of pro-democracy leader Aung San
Suu Kyi. Yoshitake said that the GOJ shares Washington's
concerns over the verdict and the decision to keep ASSK in
detention. Nakasone's statement is part of a series of
recent efforts, including a telephone call to Burmese Foreign
Minister U Nyan Win in May and direct talks with Win in
Thailand in July, to press Rangoon on the release of ASSK,
Yoshitake noted. He agreed that ASSK has a critical role to
play in national reconciliation and in any democracy
transition efforts.
3. (C) Yoshitake stressed the importance of recognizing
indications that Burma is heeding international concerns
about ASSK's detention. He specifically noted the junta's
decision to commute ASSK's three year court-decided prison
sentence to 18 months of house arrest and to allow some
flexibility, not further specified, in the regulations
regarding her movements.
4. (C) Full text of the Foreign Ministry statement follows:
Begin Statement
Statement of Minister of Foreign Affairs Nakasone on the
Verdict on Aung San Suu Kyi, 11 August 2009
The Special Court of Insein Prison delivered statement of
three years of imprisonment with labor to Daw Aung San Suu
Kyi, whereas the Government of Myanmar announced that Daw
Aung San Suu Kyi will be under house arrest for one and a
half years. Japan has been urging the Government of Myanmar
to act in an appropriate way, taking into account the voice
of the international community. Japan is deeply disappointed
by this statement and, although Japan takes note of the
above-said decision made by the Government of Myanmar, deeply
regrets the current situation of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
Japan has been urging the Myanmar Government to release all
political prisoners including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
immediately and proceed a democratization process with
participation of all the parties concerned. In addition, Mr.
Ban Ki-Moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who
visited Myanmar at the beginning of July, also urged the
Myanmar side to release all political prisoners. Japan
strongly expects that the Myanmar Government seriously heeds
the above-stated views of the international community and
conducts positively toward the democratization in Myanmar.
End Statement
ZUMWALT