YANGON -- Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party said Wednesday it had urged visiting United Nations envoy Razali Ismail to convince Myanmar's Junta to move ahead with a stalled political reconciliation process.

"We urged him to try to get the dialogue to move forward and he said he would try his best," said National League for Democracy (NLD) Party spokesman U Lwin.

"He appears hopeful of making progress this time.

As far as we are concerned we are prepared at any time to start a meaningful dialogue," he told reporters after the envoy met with party leaders, AFP reported.

Razali arrived in Yangon Tuesday on a five-day mission to revive the dialogue between the military government and Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi which he initiated two years ago.

In a recent interview, he warned the process was moving too slowly and that he could quit his position if the government continued to resist democratic reforms.

The Malaysian diplomat met with Aung San Suu Kyi and Military Intelligence Chief General Khin Nyunt on Tuesday, but so far a hoped-for meeting with the nation's leader senior General Than Shwe has not been confirmed.

Razali told the Malaysiakini internet news service that he wanted to ask Than Shwe why the Junta had reneged on a promise to kick off the dialogue soon after Suu Kyi was released from house arrest in May.

"Senior General Than Shwe is the only one who can give answers to his questions. If he cannot do so, nobody else can," said U Lwin. Razali declined Wednesday to indicate how his mission was progressing, saying he was "still in the middle process of having my discussions so I'll not pass on anything at this point." Asked whether he expected the meeting with Than Shwe to go ahead, he said "I've asked to see him and I'm waiting for confirmation."

Official sources said that the envoy and Aung San Suu Kyi were scheduled to meet again in Shan State on Thursday, where they are both travelling on separate visits.

The opposition leader has made several political trips around the country since she was released from 19 months under house arrest. The latest trip to Shan State will run to the end of the week, sources said.

Shan State has been in the spotlight recently with the release of a report that claimed the military was using systematic rape as a weapon of war against ethnic minority women there.

However, Razali's visit is expected to be aimed more at including the ethnic nationalities in the fledgling political reconciliation process rather than looking at the rights abuse claims which fall outside his job description.

Also present at the meeting at NLD headquarters Wednesday were representatives of ethnic political parties who will see Razali again Friday before he departs Yangon.

Shan NLD Party leader Khun Tun Oo said in an interview with the dissident democratic voice of Burma that there could be disastrous consequences if Razali resigned.

"It would be a great loss to us if someone like him who is comfortable with all of us decided to abandon us," he said. "If the UN is not able to help, there would be no help from other quarters. I think that scenario could become an unimaginable nightmare."