U.S. officials to visit Myanmar next week

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Two high-level U.S. State Department officials plan to meet opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a trip to Myanmar.

The department announced Friday that Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, and Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel are scheduled to be in the country formerly known as Burma on Tuesday and Wednesday. Their schedule includes meetings with government leaders as well as Suu Kyi and other opponents of the military regime.

Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright visited the country in 1995 when she was the ambassador to the United Nations. That was the last visit by a senior U.S. official, The Washington Post said.

A State Department spokesman said the trip is an attempt to continue a dialogue that began with talks in New York on Sept. 29.