Why even bother at this point if there is a checklist of conditions? Talk or don't talk so why lower yourself since the junta in Myanmar is never serious anyway. The world is still waiting for some pressure by India or China but that's about as likely to happen as the junta unconditionally freeing Suu Kyi from house arrest.
In a statement issued by her party, the National League for Democracy, she rejected the deal, saying: "The success of a dialogue is based on sincerity and the spirit of give and take. The will for achieving success is also crucial and there should not be any pre-condition."
The junta has said it is willing to meet the 62-year-old but only if she first renounces her calls for international sanctions. Yesterday, it appointed the deputy labour minister, Aung Kyi, as "manager for relations" with opposition leaders, apparently at the behest of the UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari, who visited Burma 10 days ago and met senior General Than Shwe.
