The Estonian Foreign Ministry united with the European Union’s standpoint that condemns the decision of Myanmar’s (Burma’s) military regime to sentence more than 30 supporters of democracy to 2 to 65 years of jail time.
“Estonia is calling on Myanmar’s military regime to begin an involved and constructive dialogue with the democratic opposition and minority representatives,” said Foreign Minister Urmas Paet. “The only crime of those individuals sentenced was internationally recognised peaceful self-expression in support of democratic reforms and a better Myanmar,” Paet emphasised, acknowledging that under the current conditions the elections scheduled for 2010 cannot be legitimate.
Referring to the UN Security Council’s October appeal and the EU foreign ministers’ council’s November conclusions, Estonia is encouraging Myanmar’s military regime to unconditionally free Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and all of the more than 2000 political prisoners, including those sentenced during the past few days.
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