From right to left: Thailand Minister of

BANGKOK, THAILAND: From right to left: Thailand Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Surakiart Sathirathai, Myanmar Minister of Foreign Affairs U Win Aung, Singapore Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Lee Yock Suan, Australia Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (equivalent to Deputy Foreign Minister) Mrs. Christine Gallus, China Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Shen Guofang and left in the foreground is Japan Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs (equivalent of Deputy Permanent Secretary) Special Envoy to the Japanese Government are at the start of the international forum meeting on democracy in Burma held in the Foreign Ministry, Bangkok, Thailand, Monday 15 December 2003. Thailand today holds a forum to discuss the road map towards democracy in Myanmar (Burma) in an attempt to help the country move toward democracy. Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained since May 30. Representatives from Australia, Austria, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan and Singapore are sending people. The United Nations special envoy for Burma Razali Ismail is also taking part. AFP PHOTO//VINAI DITHAJOHN/POOL (Photo credit should read VINAI DITHAJOHN/AFP via Getty Images)