**Detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been allowed to meet top officials of her National League for Democracy (NLD).**The meeting - the first of its kind this year - gives her the opportunity to pay respects to three ailing party colleagues, the youngest of whom is 85.
Ms Suu Kyi had requested the meeting last month in a letter to Burma’s military leader Than Shwe.
She has spent most of the past 20 years under house arrest.
Her latest term of detention was extended earlier this year.
BBC South-East Asia correspondent Rachel Harvey says a recent series of moves by Ms Suu Kyi and Burma’s generals suggest a new dynamic may be developing.
In her letter Ms Suu Kyi also suggested a face-to-face meeting with the general and offered her cooperation on matters of national interest.