US delegation in Myanmar for rare junta talks

Nov 2nd, 2009 - Reuters

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YANGON (Reuters) - A delegation of senior U.S. officials arrived in Myanmar Tuesday for Washington's highest-level talks with the reclusive military regime in 14 years.

The Obama administration's move to engage the junta appears focused on pushing for free and fair elections next year, although analysts say the rapprochement is as much about geopolitics and the growing regional influence of China.

Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell leads the delegation meeting the junta in its new capital Naypyidaw before traveling to Yangon for talks with detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) party.

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