U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell arrived in Yangon on Nov. 4 as the head of a U.S. delegation that met with government officials in the Myanmar capital of Naypyidaw on Nov. 3. In Yangon, the delegation will hold discussions with opposition politicians from the National League for Democracy (NLD) and ethnic representatives. Campbell is the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Myanmar since then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright traveled there in 1995. His trip comes amid reports that Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein may meet with U.S. President Barak Obama during talks among the leaders of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United States following the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore in mid-November.