Ahead of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s talks with the junta, the Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi gave a rare video address from her home in Burma. Suu Kyi said she would support the lifting of sanctions if a series of conditions were met.

Aung San Suu Kyi: “The United States has made it quite clear what they expect the government of Burma to do, if sanctions are to be lifted, and we certainly support this. We have always said that the best way to get sanctions lifted in Burma is to meet the conditions that were set by the Congress when sanctions were imposed—for example, the release of political prisoners, negotiation with the—negotiations with the democratic opposition, humanitarian access to conflict areas, and so on. So, if these conditions are met, then the time will certainly have come for sanctions to be relaxed.”