A top Myanmar military intelligence official currently in Tokyo pledged a peaceful transition to democracy Thursday after stability is restored in the country, acknowledging the need to open dialogue with the National League for Democracy led by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Brig. Gen. Kyaw Win, a top military intelligence official of the junta, is on a 10-day visit to Japan at the invitation of the Foreign Ministry. This is the first time Tokyo has officially invited a Yangon junta official.
Kyaw Win is believed to be the right-hand man of Lt. Gen. Khin Nuynt, the regime's intelligence chief and No. 3 man. Kyaw Win is a deputy director general of the Myanmar Defense Ministry's Office of Strategic Studies, which was established three years ago. The office is headed by Khin Nuynt.