Myanmar refuses to allow in German parliamentarians

Nov 12 (AFP) - Myanmar has refused to issue visas to an all-party delegation of German parliamentarians, a senior Christian Democrat member of the lower house of the Bundestag (parliament) said Friday.

According to Klaus-Juergen Hedrich the Myanmar embassy had said that the country could not receive the delegation in the capital Yangon (Rangoon) because of preparations for the meeting of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Laos at the end of the month.

Hedrich, chairman of the parliamentary committee with responsibility for ASEAN affairs, said he had "strong doubts" about the reasons put forward by the Myanmar authorities.

He also expressed irritation at the "manner"in which the deputies had been treated.

Passports and visa forms had been at the embassy "for more than a month" yet the delegation members had been told only a few days before their planned departure that their requests had been turned down.

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