Our aspirations should not be deterred by the different roads that we have to take to achieve them.

The 2010 elections will only bring legitimacy and stability to the country if they are broad-based and include all key stakeholders.

Sanctions are both highly effective and necessary.

She welcomes the U.S. approach, but she believes that there should be a parallel dialogue with the opposition.

It's also going to be a critical component of what China does in the future.

Sanctions also deny the legitimacy the regime is seeking desperately.

I don't think we should vilify regimes, even if we don't like them, because it makes negotiations more difficult.

I think we shouldn't get too hung up on the process. I think the elections may or may not be free and fair. I doubt they'll be fully free and fair.

For me, that is my bottom line on the process that is now in place.

a significant portion of which is usually channeled to assist exile groups conducting covert operations inside the country.

Though positive change in all areas will have to come from the inside, I believe the outside world can make a difference in enabling that change and making it sustainable.

We think that the best approach, going forward, is a process of internal dialogue.

I think we should be thinking of all of this in terms of building for a future government that will be more open and liberal.

Nothing I have said should suggest any changes in the long-term aims we all share--a peaceful, prosperous, and democratic Burma.

Meet as often as possible with the leadership in Nyapyidaw to press the case for the release of political prisoners and for allowing greater democratic freedoms.

We applaud Senator Webb's recent visit and courageous new approach to the issue.

We have a number of suggestions for U.S. policy, even in the absence of removing targeted sanctions at this time.

I hope my opinion, which is also shared by my fellow monks inside and outside Burma, will be included in the subcommittee's examination of the effectiveness of U.S. policy toward Burma.