YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell has been visiting with detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (ahng sahn soo chee).
He's the highest-ranking American official to meet with the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 14 years.
An embassy spokesman says the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia greeted Suu Kyi with a handshake after she was driven to his lakeside hotel in Yangon. The two met for two hours.
Campbell and his deputy are the highest-level American diplomats to visit Myanmar since 1995. Their two-day trip includes talks with senior junta officials. The visit stems from a new U.S. policy that reverses the Bush administration's isolation of Myanmar in favor of dialogue with a country that has been ruled by the military since 1962.
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: Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi exits the Inya Lake Hotel after meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Campbell met Suu Kyi on Wednesday in a visit that marked the highest-ranking talks between an American and Myanmar's detained opposition leader in 14 years.
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: Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, right, walks with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell after their meeting at the Inya Lake Hotel, in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, Nov. 4. 2009. Campbell met Suu Kyi on Wednesday in a visit that marked the highest-ranking talks between an American and Myanmar's detained opposition leader in 14 years.
