KUALA LUMPUR: The UN special envoy to Myanmar Tan Sri Razali Ismail said yesterday he has given up the job, expressing frustration with the country's military junta for refusing to reconcile with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Razali, a veteran Malaysian diplomat, said his U.N. contract expired on Jan 3, and he decided not to get it renewed because of the Myanmar junta's stonewalling, which has kept him out of the country for nearly two years.
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