US diplomats seek facts in Burma
November 04, 2009 00:00:00
Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and deputy Scot Marciel hope to hold talks with the ruling junta and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, reports BBC.
Mr Campbell, the top US diplomat for East Asia, is the highest ranking US official to visit Burma since 1995.
The visit is being seen as the latest move by President Barack Obama's administration to find ways to engage with the military regime.
The US diplomats are unlikely to see the reclusive chief of the junta, Than Shwe, but will instead meet Prime Minister Thein Sein in the remote jungle capital of Naypyidaw on Tuesday, according to Burmese officials.