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United Nations special envoy Ibrahim Gambari meets with detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) in Rangoon February 2, 2009, during his mission to try to coax her and the military junta towards talks on political reform. (Photo: Reuters/UNIC)

Analysts believe that during the trip, he will also sound out the opinions of regime leaders regarding a possible visit by UN chief Ban Ki-moon, who last visited Burma in May 2008 after a deadly cyclone slammed the country’s delta region.
 
During his visit, he met with Than Shwe. However, the trip was heavily criticized as Ban did not raise the issue of political prisoners or national reconciliation.  

Gambari will reportedly also meet with members of the pro-junta National Unity Party and the Committee Representing the People’s Parliament, a group consisting of winners of the last election in 1990, which was won overwhelmingly by the NLD. 

Meanwhile, the United Nationalities Alliance (UNA), based in Burma, submitted a letter to Gambari suggesting that he broker talks between the regime, the political opposition led by Suu Kyi and leaders of ethnic minorities.