As Aung San Suu Kyi tours Europe this week, she faces criticism for being unable to bring all ethnic armed groups together for peace negotiations in Burma, and for publicly announcing she would not “take sides” in the conflict in Rakhine State.
Zoya Phan, campaign manager for Burma Campaign UK, told the Irrawaddy “Europe needs to change the way it has been supporting the peace process, as it is very one-sided, working mainly with the government and following their agenda”.