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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9662

17 May 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/burma
Convinced of having done his duty, Louis Michel will closely follow the junta's answer to his specific requests

Brussels, 16/05/2008 (Agence Europe) - Louis Michel, European Development and Humanitarian Aid Commissioner, was due to leave Burma/Myanmar during the evening of Friday 16 May without having obtained the junta's authorisation to go to the Irrawaddy delta (in the south-west of the country), a visit he had hoped to make on Friday. He did, however, have the satisfaction of having done everything in his power to seek to convince the Burmese authorities to open up the country's borders to...

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