Japan asks Yangon to free Suu Kyi

This message was conveyed during a five-minute conversation Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi had with his Myanmerese counterpart Ge. Khin Nyut on the sidelines of the ongoing ASEAN Summit in Bali on Tuesday.

"I urge you to erase the concern of the international community. I would like you to create an environment in which Japan can happily work with Myanmar," Japanese Prime Minister's spokesman Jiro Kkuyama was quoted as saying by English language daily The Jakarta Post.

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Kkuyama said Tokyo has cut all development assistance after the Myanmar Junta re-arrested Suu Kyi on May 30 and would not resume the assistance till democracy was restored in that country.