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Cablegate: Estonia Calls for Release of Aung San Suu Kyi

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TAGS: PHUM PREL PGOV BM EN
SUBJECT: Estonia Calls for Release of Aung San Suu Kyi

REF: STATE 83598

Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Jaap Ora, Director of
the MFA's First Division, on August 12. On August 14, Foreign
Minister Urmas Paet issued a statement condemning the trail and
conviction of ASSK, calling for her immediate release, and for the
Burmese government to enter into a constructive dialogue with the
democratic opposition and national minorities.
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