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Aung San Suu Kyi (file photo)

A lawyer for Burma’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says
she has been informed of the upcoming visit of two senior U.S.
officials and is preparing to meet them.

The U.S. State
Department said Friday that Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell
and his deputy, Scot Marciel, will visit Burma for two days next week
(November 3 and 4). Spokesman Robert Wood says the two will meet with
members of the government as well as the opposition, including Aung San
Suu Kyi.

Her lawyer, Nyan Win, who also is a spokesman for the
opposition National League for Democracy, told reporters Saturday that
the U.S. embassy in Rangoon is making arrangements with the party for
the meeting.

The U.S. State Department said Friday that two senior U.S. officials will travel to Burma next week for talks with members of the government and the opposition.

Robert Wood, a spokesman for the State Department, said Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and his deputy Scot Marciel will begin a two-day visit on Tuesday.

They will meet with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as well as Burma’s senior military leaders.

Campbell met with Burma’s officials last month in New York.