Burma's ruling junta has rejected UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari's bid for three-way talks with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during his visit, official media said.
Information Minister Kyaw Hsan told Mr Gambari that such a meeting was premature and he warned that tougher international sanctions would only make matters worse.
"Burma will not bow to outside pressure. It will never allow any outside interference to infringe on the sovereignty of the state," state-run MRTV quoted Mr Hsan as saying during talks with Mr Gambari in the new capital Naypyidaw.
The UN said Mr Gambari "had very frank and extensive exchanges" with senior junta officials on the fourth day of a mission aimed at securing talks between Ms Suu Kyi and the generals who crushed pro-democracy protests in late September. © 2007 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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