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US Diplomat in Burma to Meet Leaders, Suu Kyi

   VOA News 07 December 2010
   Pro-democracy  leader  Aung San Suu Kyi leaves her National League for
   Democracy party's headquarters on 22 Nov. 2010, in Rangoon.

Photo: AP

   Pro-democracy  leader  Aung San Suu Kyi leaves her National League for
   Democracy party's headquarters in Rangoon (file photo)

   A  senior  U.S.  diplomat  has  arrived in Burma on the first official
   visit  since  last month's elections and the release from house arrest
   of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
   U.S.  Embassy  officials  said  Joseph  Yun will remain in the country
   through   Friday  for  talks  with  government  officials.  The  State
   Department  official  is  also expected to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi,
   the  pro-democracy campaigner who has spent 15 of the past 21 years in
   some form of detention.
   Yun  is  expected  to  convey  U.S.  concerns about Burma's November 7
   elections,  in  which opposition parties complained that they were not
   given a chance to compete fairly.
   Since her release, Aung San Suu Kyi has said she is satisfied with the
   U.S.  government's  policy of seeking to engage with the Burmese junta
   so long as Washington maintains a realistic attitude.
   Earlier Tuesday, Aung San Suu Kyi bade farewell to her younger son Kim
   Aris,  who  had  been visiting from Britain. It was the first time she
   had seen her son in 10 years.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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