YANGON (AFP) -- UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari will arrive in Myanmar on Saturday for his second visit to push for democratic reforms since the junta's bloody crackdown on protests last month, a diplomat said Wednesday.

""He will be in Myanmar from November 3 to November 8,"" the Western diplomat said.
A Myanmar official who asked not to be named told AFP that Gambari would visit the military-run country's new capital of Naypyidaw on Sunday.
UN officials in Bangkok could not immediately confirm the precise dates of Gambari's visit, saying only that he would be in Myanmar during the first week of November.
Gambari last visited Myanmar from Septmber 29 to October 2, a four-day mission during which he met with junta chief General Than Shwe and detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
""The discussions that started then with his first mission will continue, and that is a good thing,"" the diplomat said.
Gambari has been on a six-nation Asia tour since then to step up pressure on the ruling generals amid international condemnation of the junta's violent suppression of peaceful protests led by Buddhist monks last month.
At least 13 people were killed and thousands more detained when Myanmar security forces put down the demonstrations, the largest anti-government protests in 20 years.
Gambari's mission has gained wide international support, including from key Myanmar ally China.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the 10-nation regional grouping that includes Myanmar and whose members have the most contact with the reclusive state, has also backed his efforts.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Tuesday that regional powers must push for sustained contact between Gambari and the junta if Myanmar was to gradually embrace democracy.
""We have to give some sense of permanence to this mission. I say this with caution, and it will be possible only with the support of the ASEAN countries and also, of course, China and India,"" he said.