By Gemma Daley
Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- United Nations Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari met Myanmar's military rulers and the detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as he tried to find a peaceful solution to the government's crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators.
The talks were confirmed in an e-mailed statement from the UN Information Center in Yangon. They took place as troops locked down the Southeast Asian nation's largest cities and arrested scores of people, Agence France-Presse said. China, Myanmar's closest ally, bent to international pressure and urged the country to seek a peaceful resolution to the protests.
``China hopes that all parties concerned in Myanmar show restraint, resume stability through peaceful means as soon as possible, promote domestic reconciliation and achieve democracy and development,'' Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry's Web site. ``China is very concerned about the situation in Myanmar.''
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