Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be released in November just days after the first election in two decades is held in that country, according to officials.

The Nobel Peace laureate has been detained for most of the last 20 years since winning the country's last poll in 1990.

Suu Kyi will be freed when her current house arrest expires on November 13.

"November will be an important and busy month for us because of the election and because of Aung San Suu Kyi's release," a Myanmar official said.

The official noted that the release would come soon after the country's polls to be held on November 7.
 
Sky News quoted a second official, who also declined to be named, as confirming the date, adding, "She will be released on that day according to the law."