Burma's military junta has promised to resolve an impasse over the detention of democracy icon Ms Aung San Suu Kyi before an October summit of Southeast Asian nations, Indonesia's foreign minister says.
But the public comments by Mr Hassan Wirajuda, at a meeting of Asian and African officials in the West Java city of Bandung, appeared to catch his Burmese counterpart Mr Win Aung by surprise.
Mr Win Aung would only say Ms Suu Kyi's arrest would not be prolonged.
Mr Wirajuda told reporters in Indonesia, which currently chairs the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations, was also "heading" in the direction of mediating Myanmar's political crisis.
The 58-year-old Nobel Peace laureate was arrested on May 30th after a clash between her supporters and pro-government groups, drawing international condemnation. This week the United States imposed fresh economic sanctions on the troubled country.
Campaign group Amnesty International said today that rights abuses in Burma had risen sharply since her detention.
Burma's military has ruled the country since a 1962 coup and ignored a 1990 election victory by the NLD.