-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Myanmar 's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is `` ready to cooperate '' with the government and is committed to pursuing a dialogue with the ruling junta , according to a statement the United Nations ' special envoy to Myanmar read Thursday on her behalf . Activists display a portrait of detained democracy leader , Aung San Suu Kyi , in Myanmar . `` It is my duty to give constant and serious considerations to the interests and opinions of as broad a range of political organizations and forces as possible , '' Ibrahim Gambari said , reading the statement from Suu Kyi . On Friday Suu Kyi was able to meet with three executive members of her National League for Democracy and a party spokesman -- the first time they have met in more than three years . Members of her party said Suu Kyi was `` very optimistic '' about prospects of the process for reconciliation , the Associated Press reported . The Nobel Peace Prize winner has said she will continue to be `` guided by the policies and wishes '' of the opposition political party she heads -- the National League for Democracy . In the statement , Suu Kyi also welcomed the appointment of Aung Kyi as the minister of relations , a position the junta created last month to be a liaison between government and Suu Kyi , whom the junta has under house arrest in Yangon . She has been confined to her home for the better part of almost two decades . Aung Kyi -- viewed as a moderate -- was appointed as the liaison officer amid international pressure following September 's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations . As many as 110 people are believed to have been killed in the violence , including 40 Buddhist monks . Video smuggled out of the country showed unarmed protesters being beaten by the military regime 's security forces , and one man -- believed to be a Japanese journalist -- was shot and killed at close range . The protests were sparked by a huge fuel price increase imposed by the military government , and quickly escalated . Myanmar 's military junta said in mid-October that it had detained more than 2,900 people during the crackdown . Many of them are still believed to be in custody . Suu Kyi described her October 25 meeting with the liaison officer as `` constructive , '' said the statement read by Gambari . `` I look forward to further regular discussions . '' Gambari said he will return this week to New York to brief U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the five-day trip to Myanmar , also called Burma . The situation in the secretive Asian nation is not what it was `` a few weeks ago , '' said a U.N. statement released in conjunction with the end of Gambari 's trip . `` We now have a process going which would lead to substantive dialogue between the government and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi , '' the statement said . `` The sooner such a dialogue can start , the better for Myanmar . '' During his trip , Gambari met with Myanmar 's prime minister , Gen. Thein Sein , and other government officials , as well as Suu Kyi , the United Nations reported . E-mail to a friend