Dialogue with Suu Kyi ‘not impossible’

Dialogue between Myanmar's junta and ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to end the bloody crisis unleashed by the toppling of her government last year is "not impossible", a junta spokesman told AFP yesterday.

"There is nothing impossible in politics," junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun told AFP when asked if the junta could enter into dialogue with Suu Kyi to resolve the turmoil. "We cannot say that (negotiations with Suu Kyi) are impossible."

Diplomatic efforts led by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) -- of which Myanmar is a member -- have so far failed to halt the bloodshed.