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O 141541Z AUG 09
FM AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4407
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UNCLAS BUDAPEST 000593 
 
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SIPDIS 
 
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JLAMORE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PGOV PREL BM EU HU
SUBJECT: GOH CHANGES ITS MIND:ISSUES STATEMENT CONDEMNING 
AUNG SAN SUU KYI CONVICTION 
 
REF: A. STATE 83598 
     ¶B. BUDAPEST 590 
 
¶1. (SBU) Post received word in the late afternoon of August 
14 from the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs that, after 
further consideration, it would release a statement 
condemning the conviction and continued detention of Aung San 
Suu Kyi.  Emboff delivered the talking points contained in 
ref A to the MFA's Asia bureau on August 12 and was initially 
informed that Hungary would not issue a statement separate 
from that already issued by the Swedish EU Presidency (ref B). 
 
¶2. (U) The following is the text of the MFA's statement, 
released on August 14: 
 
Begin text 
 
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary 
condemns the conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the 
Burmese opposition, for another eighteen months of house 
arrest as unjust and considers it a violation of 
international human rights norms.  The unfounded accusation, 
trial, and sentence all served as an excuse to extend Aung 
San Suu Kyi's house arrest in order to keep her out of 
political life in the period of the elections planned for 
¶2010. 
 
The sentence raises doubts in the international community 
about the commitment of the Government of Myanmar towards 
democratic transition and to its own "Road Map," and 
questions considerably the credibility of the parliamentary 
elections envisaged for 2010. 
 
The Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs appeals to the 
Myanmar authorities to release Aung San Suu Kyi and the other 
more than two thousand political prisoners as a prerequisite 
for any democratic transition in Myanmar. 
 
End text 
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