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UK Brown Meets S Africa President, UN Chief On G8 Sidelines

L'AQUILA, Italy -(Dow Jones)- U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown discussed the situations in Zimbabwe and Myanmar with fellow leaders Thursday morning on the sidelines of the Group of Eight developed nations meeting.

Brown met with South African president Jacob Zuma and U.N. Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon.

His spokesman said Brown and Ban agreed "there could be no credible elections in Burma without (opposition leader) Aun Sun Suu Key's participation."

Ban visited Myanmar last week.

In his meeting with Zuma, the two leaders discussed Zimbabwe, with Brown's spokesman saying "it was important that the power-sharing government delivered on the reform commitments that it had entered into."

Late Tuesday, Brown also met with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Relations between the U.K. and Russia have been strained in recent years. Brown's spokesman said the two discussed the global economy, energy cooperation and the situation in Iran.

"While not ducking the difficult, outstanding bilateral issues, this was a constructive meeting," the spokesman said.

-By Laurence Norman, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-207-842-9270; laurence.norman@ dowjones.com

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