Burma's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been allowed a rare meeting with her lawyer to discuss her ongoing house arrest.
A National League for Democracy spokesman Aung San Suu Kyi met with her lawyer for the first time since 2004.
The surprise meeting at her lakeside Yangon home came a day after the new UN human rights envoy for Myanmar Tomas Ojea Quintana left the country after his first visit.
Aung San Suu Kyi remains a potent symbol of the struggle to end military rule in Burma, despite being under house arrest for much of the past 19 years.
Nyan Win said he did not have any details of what was discussed at the meeting with her lawyer, although the NLD has lodged an appeal against the recent one-year extension of their leader's house arrest.
Aung San Suu Kyi was first arrested in July 1989, and has been allowed only a few brief years of freedom since. She remains isolated most of the time, with only occasional visits from her doctor.
The Nobel peace prize winner's most recent spell under house arrest began in 2003, and the May extension sparked outcry from the UN and most Western governments.
Legal experts say that under Burmese law a citizen can only be held for five consecutive years. The NLD has not yet received a reply to its appeal.
Burma, also known as Myanmar, has been under military rule since 1962, despite a 1990 election in which Aung San Suu Kyi led her NLD to an overwhelming victory, a result the junta never recognised.
