US Secretary of State John Kerry has praised Myanmar's transition towards democracy following a meeting with his Myanmar counterpart, Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
"Today my message is very, very simple: we strongly support the democratic transition that is taking place here," Kerry told journalists in Naypyidaw on Sunday.
Kerry lauded the "extraordinary" progress accomplished by the new government in such little time, despite its legacy of 50 years of military rule.
Kerry said the United States was interested in helping Myanmar resolve issues besides promoting development and respect for human rights.
On November 8 last year, Myanmar held its first free elections in decades, won by Suu Kyi and her party, National League for Democracy.
The country's first democratic government since the 1962 military coup was sworn in on March 30 this year with Htin Kyaw as president, as a clause in the military junta-drafted constitution bars Suu Kyi from assuming the post.
However Suu Kyi holds four key posts in the new government including state counsellor - equivalent to prime minister - minister of foreign affairs and of the President's Office.
Once the new government assumed office, Washington lifted some of its sanctions it had imposed on Myanmar.
Kerry is also scheduled to meet Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces Min Aung Hlaing later, before flying onward to Vietnam to join the delegation accompanying US President Barack Obama, who is set to arrive in Hanoi late on Sunday.
