The party of Burma democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi issued a statement Tuesday calling for no preconditions for dialogue with the military junta.The junta's leaders have offered to meet with Suu Kyi, who is under house arrest, but only on condition she renounce calls for international sanctions against the military regime for its bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests.
"The success of a dialogue is based on sincerity and the spirit of give and take," said the statement by the National League for Democracy. "The will for achieving success is also crucial and there should not be any preconditions."
The statement, which follows similar statements by NLD figures, came after the junta said it hoped to achieve "smooth relations" with Suu Kyi, a day after suggesting that her release from house arrest was unlikely anytime soon.
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