Myanmar military reject visit by U.N. envoy, says U.S.

Myanmar's military has turned down a request by U.N. special envoy Christine Schraner Burgener to visit the country, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Friday.

"We must insist that military authorities allow the U.N. special envoy to visit Burma without preconditions," Thomas-Greenfield told an informal meeting of U.N. Security Council members on Myammar. "We heard from her today that they have turned down her visit."