Nov 4th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Bangkok, Thailand - Senior U.S. officials were allowed to meet today with Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement, in a further sign of thawing relations between Washington and the Asian nation's secretive military government.
A high-ranking group led by Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, the top American diplomat for East Asia, met privately with the Nobel Peace Prize winner for two hours at a hotel in Yangon, the former capital, according to local media reports. Campbell also held talks with top generals of the ruling junta, including Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein, and leaders of Suu Kyi's political party.
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