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Yangon: Detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was due to meet leaders of her party on Friday for the first time in more than three years.
Suu Kyi, under 12 years of house arrest, will also hold a meeting with General Aung Kyi amid cautious hope she and the junta may start talks on political reform.
In a statement released on her behalf by UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari, Suu Kyi described her initial contact with Aung Kyi as constructive.
"In the interest of the nation, I stand ready to cooperate with the government in order to make this process of dialogue a success," she said in her first public comments since 2003.
Aanalysts said a junta statement that it would "make efforts steadfastly for national reconciliation with the correct cooperation of the UN Secretary General" also gave some cause for hope.
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