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World welcomes release of Suu Kyi

AFP, Hong Kong
World leaders welcomed the release on Monday of Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi from 19 months of house arrest in Myanmar, hailing the move as a step toward democracy.
"It is progress ... it shows common sense on the part of both Aung San Suu Kyi, as well as the government of Myanmar, and both should be commended," said Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
It was at the urging of another Malaysian, UN envoy Razali Ismail, that Yangon's ruling military junta and the head of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) finally agreed the terms of her release.
The 56-year-old Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD won a landslide victory in 1990 elections in a move the military junta refused to recognise.
Razali called Aung San Suu Kyi's release a "major milestone towards the process of national reconciliation" and a clear commitment "towards democracy."
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said: "I think there are signs of progress in Burma (Myanmar), of increasing moderation and compromise."
In Singapore, the ministry of foreign affairs said "Singapore welcomes Aung San Suu Kyi's release from house arrest as a positive step forward in the national reconciliation process."
Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda said, "I am happy, and hopefully this step can encourage the process of reconciliation
between the various groups there."
Indonesia is one of the founding members of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) which includes Myanmar.
In another ASEAN country, Philippine President Gloria Arroyo said through a spokesman that Aung San Suu Kyi's release was part of the continuing engagement of Myanmar in democratic politics.
"We feel this will have a strong impact on the developments of electoral politics in that area and it is welcome, as it is being welcomed by the whole world," said Arroyo.
Japan also praised Yangon's gesture, and vowed to back further moves with assistance.
"Our stance is to support efforts towards democratisation and nation-building in Myanmar.
"Should it be the case that the democratisation process is further accelerated, the government of Japan will support the efforts toward nation-building in a more active manner," said Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi.
Japan, Myanmar's biggest creditor and aid donor, suspended all but a small amount of humanitarian aid in the aftermath of the prodemocracy uprising of 1988 that saw hundreds, and maybe thousands of anti-government demonstrators killed.
But the flow of funds resumed in 1994, and its aid-for-reform strategy has been criticised in the West. The United States has said in the past that despite signs of a political thaw, it remains inappropriate to deal with Myanmar's military rulers.