YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell has been visiting with detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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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