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Aung San Suu Kyi says to work for national reconciliation

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Myanmar political figure Aung San Suu Kyi pledged on Sunday that she will work for her country's national reconciliation and expressed willingness to meet any person for discussions.

Aung San Suu Kyi meets with supporters after being freed in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 13, 2010. Aung San Suu Kyi, a noted political figure and leader of the "dissolved" National League for Democracy (NLD), was freed by the government on Saturday evening after serving an 18-month house arrest in Yangon. [Ma Phyo/Xinhua]

Aung San Suu Kyi made the remarks in her first public speech in front of her party headquarters, packed with a wave of about 30, 000 people, a day after she was released from house arrest.

Her remarks were also made in meeting with diplomats and press briefing.

The press briefing was attended by local and international media persons.

Aung San Suu Kyi, also leader of the dissolved National League for Democracy (NLD), was freed by the government on Saturday evening after serving the last 18 months' confinement to her lakeside residence in Yangon.

The release of Aung San Suu Kyi, 65, came six days after the Myanmar government held a multi-party general election on Nov. 7, which her party stayed away.

Aung San Suu Kyi had been detained off and on for 15 out of the past 21 years from July 1989 to Nov. 13, 2010.