Suu Kyi meets top leaders in India to establish closer ties

NEW DELHI (AP) - Nobel Peace laureate and Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with India's prime minister and foreign secretary on Wednesday as part of a trip to establish closer ties between the countries.

Ms Suu Kyi, who arrived on Tuesday for a five-day visit, met separately with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai. Details of the meetings were not immediately available.

She also visited the memorials of Indian independence leaders Mohandas K. Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru on Wednesday.

She is scheduled later in the day to deliver the prestigious Nehru Memorial Lecture, held annually to mark the birthday of independent India's first elected leader.