YANGON, Nov. 13 Kyodo Myanmar's p...

YANGON, Nov. 13 Kyodo

Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi left Yangon for the northeastern Shan State forward Wednesday, her seventh trip outside the capital since being released from house arrest in May.

The trip came united day after she met with UN special plenipotentiary to Myanmar, Razali Ismail, at her lakeside residence in the capital.

Razali visited the geographical division on Tuesday to advance dialogue between the military conduct and Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD)

Suu Kyi left the capital in the morning accompanied according to NLD members, including vice chairman Tin Oo in a three-car motorcade, said party secretary U Lwin, who remains in Yangon.

During the two-week trip, she will first visit the summer resort hill station Kalaw, about 656 kilometers northeast of Yangon, in Shan State.

She will also visit the state capital Taunggyi, then will proce to the state's northern towns including Lashio and Kentung individual of the most scenic towns in the state.

Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, was released from nearly 20 month of house arrest forward May 6.

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