Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi meets a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the capital Naypyidaw, according to multiple reports. The meeting is described as rare and the first known outside contact since the military coup in February 2021. Sources say Suu Kyi, now 81, has been in detention since the armed forces ousted her elected civilian government and her whereabouts and condition have been largely unknown to international officials and the public. Several outlets report that the Myanmar president’s office confirms the meeting, and that images show Suu Kyi with the ICRC Myanmar representative. The reports characterize the meeting as a break in her prolonged isolation, coming after years without public appearances. One outlet also links the timing to regional political dynamics within ASEAN, suggesting the move could affect member states’ stance toward Myanmar, though this point is not echoed by other sources. The civil war and crisis that followed the coup is ongoing, with reports placing deaths on all sides above 100,000.