缅甸总统召集各党派开会

Myanmar President Thein Sein has called for a landmark meeting with representatives of the country\'s military, top political parties and ethnic minority groups.

The summit to be held Friday in the capital, Naypyidaw, will bring together six political parties, including that of longtime democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

The meeting, the first of its kind, comes amid tensions as Myanmar, also known as Burma, emerges from decades of direct military rule.

Aung San Suu Kyi\'s party, the National League for Democracy, has been pushing for constitutional changes that would limit the power of the military.

The NLD is expected to perform well during parliamentary elections, which will occur in late October or early November of next year.

It will be the country\'s second general election since a nominally civilian government took power in 2011 and enacted a series of political and economic reforms.

The reforms have been lauded by the country\'s opposition leaders, foreign governments and rights groups. But many still complain that the constitution bars Aung San Suu Kyi from the presidency, since her late husband and two sons are British.

The constitution also ensures that the military retains at least 25 percent of seats in parliament.

会议将于星期五在首都内比都举行，资深民主领袖昂山素季等六个党派的代表将与会。

缅甸正在走出数十年军人的直接统治，因此也引发了一些紧张关系。缅甸是首次举行这样的会议。

昂山素季领导的政党“全国民主联盟”长期以来致力于推动宪法改革，限制军方的权力。

预计，全国民主联盟将在明年10月底或11月初的议会选举中获得好的成绩。

这将是缅甸名义上文官政府2011年掌权，施行一系列政治经济改革以来，缅甸举行的第二次大选。

这些改革受到缅甸反对党领袖，外国政府和人权团体的赞许。但是很多人仍抱怨缅甸的宪法由于昂山素季已故的丈夫和两个儿子是英国人而禁止昂山素季参选总统。

缅甸宪法还规定，要确保军方在议会中占有至少25%的席位。