Despite the attacks on her in recent days from the military dictators of Myanmar, the generals appear still willing to speak with Aung San Suu Kyi, at least through Myanmar’s labor minister. Suu Kyi appears encouraged by the international interest in her and her country over the past few months.

From the BBC:

Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met a government minister in Rangoon in the third such meeting since the beginning of October.

Her meeting with labour minister Aung Kyi lasted 45 minutes but no details of what they discussed have been released.

I found this bit of Alastair Leithead’s story encouraging:

Suu Kyi has been opening up her own dialogue.

This meeting is the third with labour minister Aung Kyi, the government’s liaison officer, and follows a letter Ms Suu Kyi wrote to the country’s leader General Than Shwe, asking to meet him and to work more closely with the state.

She has recently been studying international sanctions imposed on Burma.

They would be part of any deal to release political prisoners – Ms Suu Kyi is just one of more than 2,000 being held.

President Barack Hussein Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are on the job.