However, Gambari was allowed to meet with Nobel peace prizewinner Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday and again Monday as well as the information minister, Brigadier General Kyaw Hsan, and several junior ministers, but requests for talks with top generals were declined.
No details on Gambari's talks Suu Kyi and Hsan have been released and Gambari also did not make any comments before boarding the flight to Singapore.
During his trip, Gambari had hoped to discuss the junta's recent announcement that it would hold a referendum in May on its plans to move towards democracy. The process is due to lead to democratic elections in 2010, although opposition groups have cast doubt on whether the government will stick to its pledges.
Gambari arrived in Singapore late Monday on his way to Senegal to brief U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, who will be in the African country this week, his spokeswoman, Hua Jiang said.
Gambari has been pressing Myanmar's authorities for political reforms and to include the Nobel peace prizewinner in its plans to hold a referendum in May that is meant to pave the way for multiparty elections in 2010.
The junta, however, has publicly rebuffed Gambari's calls for political reforms and also rejected his call for independent observers to monitor a referendum on the new constitution.
It also refused to consider amending the constitution to allow Aung San Suu Kyi to take part in proposed elections and accused Gambari of being biased in favor of Aung San Suu Kyi.
This was Gambari's third visit to Burma since the security forces waged a bloody crackdown on anti-government protests led by Buddhist monks in September, when the United Nations estimates at least 31 people were killed.
Source: Nasdaq News
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