BURMA:Burma's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met a senior junta official, according to state media, but it is not known what they discussed.
MRTV showed footage yesterday from the fourth meeting between the Nobel laureate and ruling junta member Aung Kyi since he was appointed as a go- between after last September's crackdown on pro-democracy protests triggered world outrage.
"We have no idea what exactly they talked about but we welcome their meeting. The more they meet, the better for the country," National League for Democracy spokesman Nyan Win said.
A car was seen leaving Ms Suu Kyi's home in Rangoon, where she is under house arrest, and driving to a state guesthouse.
They last met on November 19th when diplomats speculated that their talks might have focused on the junta's preconditions for talks between Ms Suu Kyi and regime leader Senior Gen Than Shwe.
He has offered direct talks if Ms Suu Kyi, who has been under some form of detention for more than 12 of the last 18 years, abandons confrontation and her support for sanctions against the military, which has ruled for 45 years.
Ms Suu Kyi has said her previous meetings with Mr Aung Kyi were constructive and she was ready to work with the military to establish proper negotiations.
Gen Than Shwe has repeatedly insisted the only path to political reform is via the junta's own "roadmap to democracy", suggesting that any talks would have to take place within that framework. Western governments have dismissed the roadmap as a blueprint for legitimising the army's grip on power.
At least 31 people were killed in September when the junta crushed the biggest pro-democracy protests in nearly 20 years, prompting international condemnation and tougher sanctions