UNITED NATIONS, September 23 -- As the UN's "Group of Friends of the Secretary General on Myanmar" met Wednesday in the UN's basement, in the penned in area outside, the talk was of backsliding. Despite the near rote talk about Aung San Suu Kyi, the U.S. is said to be ready to "engage" with the military government of Than Shwe. And when Singapore's foreign minister George Yeo emerged, he said he welcomed Hillary Clinton's statement.Inner City Press asked, what about the upsurge in violence against ethnic groups, such as in the Kokang regions, leading to refugee flows? The Singaporean minister said that was not discussed, that "drugs" were not discussed, only refugees.
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