Talks with senior Government officials bring UN envoy’s Myanmar visit to close

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Special Adviser concluded a four-day working visit to Myanmar today, meeting with senior Government officials in the South-East Asian nation.

Ibrahim Gambari met for about an hour today with Prime Minister Thein Sein in Yangon, UN spokesperson Marie Okabe told reporters in New York. The meeting was attended by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, National Planning, Information, Culture and Health.

Earlier in the day, Mr. Gambari also met for the second time with the Government Spokesperson Authoritative Team composed of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Information and Culture.

The UN envoy is expected to meet with the Secretary-General in India on Thursday to report on the overall outcome of his latest visit, during which he also held talks with opposition and other political parties, including with detained pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

This is Mr. Gambari’s fifth visit to Myanmar in the past year and a half, and is part of the good offices mandate entrusted to the Secretary-General by the General Assembly.