Brussels, 18/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - The EU delegation that has been in Burma since last Tuesday (see EUROPE of 13 March, p.8) had the chance to meet the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday, who has been under house arrest imposed by the Rangoon military regime for the past eighteen months. The European diplomats had travelled to Burma to examine the human rights situation ahead of the EU Council of Ministers reexamination of its common position and ended their visit without really being able to get a clear picture of the country's political future. Lips are tightly sealed in Rangoon. The military junta says it is carrying out secret negotiations with Aung San Suu Kyi to break the political deadlock, and the EU delegation's leader Rafael Conde said they had to respect the confidentiality of the process. He confirmed that discussions were indeed being held and that they sincerely hoped they would be concluded in a profitable manner as soon as possible.