Detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is ready to cooperate with Myanmar’s ruling junta in lifting foreign sanctions but it remains uncertain if the reconciliation efforts will yield results.

In a letter to junta chief Senior Gen. Than Shwe released Tuesday, Suu Kyi has requested a meeting to explain how she would cooperate in tasks “beneficial to the country”. She does not specify what those might be.

“The letter is very significant. It clearly shows Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s willingness to work with the government in the interest of the nation,” said her National League for Democracy party spokesman Nyan Win. “She has taken up an approach that cannot be rejected and we are all very hopeful that the government will respond positively to her letter.”

The party, which released the text, had previously described in general terms the contents of the letter, dated November 11. The government has yet to respond.

Suu Kyi’s initiative is the latest move to try to break the political deadlock that began when the NLD won a 1990 general election. The military refused to allow it to take power and increased repression of the pro-democracy movement, causing the Western nations to isolate it.

This is the second letter Suu Kyi sent to the junta leader since August, when she was sentenced to 18 months’ more house arrest for harboring an uninvited American citizen. She has been detained for 14 of the past 20 years.