Aung San Suu Kyi has not been seen in public since late May
Burma 'has no grudge' for Suu Kyi
Deputy Foreign Minister Khin Maung Win, quoted by the semi-official Myanmar Times, said the authorities would do everything in their power to achieve reconciliation with her.
The opposition leader has been held in what Burma's rulers describe as protective custody, since clashes between her followers and government supporters on 30 May.
Despite widespread calls for her release, both Malaysia and China warned on Friday against putting too much pressure on the Burmese authorities.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States said it had abandoned efforts to cajole Myanmar's military rulers into a dialogue with the opposition and would now act to punish Yangon for its crackdown on Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and her followers.
In addition, Secretary of State Colin Powell said he would push reluctant Southeast Asian nations to confront the junta with demands for democratic reforms when he attends a regional security meeting next week in Cambodia.
In the latest of a series of stinging, invective-filled US condemnations of the junta over the continued detention of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Powell also backed a congressional move to impose trade and other sanctions against Yangon.
