China hopes Myanmar can realize reconciliation, stability and development through dialogues of all parties, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said in Beijing on Tuesday.

Ma made the remarks when answering a question concerning Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi at a regular press briefing.

Suu Kyi is on trial, charged with accommodating and speaking to an American named John William Yettaw, who sneaked into her restricted house on May 3.

If convicted, Suu Kyi would face five years of imprisonment and an automatic extension of her current term of house detention since 2003.

"Myanmar's affairs should be decided by its people. As a neighbor, China hopes Myanmar can realize reconciliation, stability and development through dialogues of all parties," said Ma.

The Obama administration of the United States has extended economic boycott against Myanmar last week and voiced its concerns over the health of Suu Kyi, urging her immediate release out of the house arrest.

(Xinhua News Agency May 20, 2009)