YANGON - TWO top US envoys began talks with Myanmar's ruling generals on Tuesday and were set to meet democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as they made the highest level visit to the military-ruled nation in 14 years.

The trip by Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell and his deputy Scot Marciel is the latest move by President Barack Obama's administration to engage Myanmar's reclusive junta. The two men touched down in the remote administrative capital Naypyidaw on a US Air Force plane from Bangkok in neighbouring Thailand, US embassy spokesman Richard Mei said.

'They are due to meet with senior government officials today. Tomorrow they will be in Yangon and meet with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and other opposition leaders,' Mr Mei told AFP.

Myanmar officials said Mr Campbell met Information Minister Brigadier General Kyaw Hsann and local organisations including the pro-junta Union Solidarity and Development Association.

The US delegation was unlikely to meet the hardline regime chief, Senior General Than Shwe, but would later hold talks with Prime Minister Thein Sein in Naypyidaw, they said.

Nobel Peace laureate Suu Kyi is under house arrest in the former capital Yangon after her detention was extended by another 18 months in August, prompting an international outcry. -- AFP