Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi believes a recent visit by a top US diplomat to the military-ruled country was fruitful, her lawyer said Friday.
Suu Kyi "said it was very beneficial regarding Mr Kurt Campbell's visit," Nyan Win told reporters after meeting the Nobel Peace Prize laureate at her home earlier in the day.
"She said they had agreed on many things," he added.
Nyan Win said the 64-year-old pro-democracy icon was in good health and was allowed to meet the visiting US assistant secretary of state for more than one and half hours Monday at a government state guest house.
According to official sources, the two spent about 20 minutes talking in private outside, sheltering from the sun under an umbrella
The National League for Democracy (NLD) led by Suu Kyi was forcibly dissolved after refusing to meet a May 6 deadline to re-register as a political party -- a move that would have forced it to expel its own leader.
Campbell said after his talks with Suu Kyi and government officials that the United States was "profoundly disappointed" in the junta's preparations for upcoming elections and wanted "immediate steps" to address fears that they would lack legitimacy.
Under election legislation unveiled in March, anyone serving a prison term is banned from being a member of a political party and parties that fail to obey the rule will be abolished.
A faction within the now-defunct NLD has said it would form a new political party, to be called the National Democratic Force, to run in the election.
The move came amid signs of a split between older, hardline former NLD members and younger more moderate figures who opposed the boycott decision.
"Daw Suu said it's undemocratic if the minority did not obey the majority's decision," Nyan Win said. "Daw" is a term of respect in Myanmar.
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