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.
Myanmar’s detained Aung San Suu Kyi meets ICRC official in rare post-2021 contact
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...
- Aung San Suu Kyi, detained since the February 2021 military coup, meets an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) representative.
- The meeting takes place in Naypyidaw and is described as rare and first known post-coup contact with a foreign official.
- Multiple reports say her location and condition have been largely unknown to the public and international observers since her detention.
- The Myanmar president’s office confirms the meeting.
- The coup follows her ousting from her elected civilian government and is linked to an ongoing civil war.
The ICRC confirmed a delegate had met with Suu Kyi, without naming the official, while her son described the visit as the first positive development concerning his mother in more than five years.
In a significant moment, Aung San Suu Kyi recently met with representatives from the International Committee of the Red Cross. This marks her first public engagement since being detained following the military coup in 2021. Images captured her meeting the ICRC's Myanmar representative in Naypyidaw, with her son heralding the visit as a hopeful sign after prolonged uncertainty.
1 month agoMyanmar's detained ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with an ICRC official Monday, in her first known contact with the outside world since the 2021 coup
1 month agoThe move is intended to weaken ASEAN's determination to hold Myanmar to the Five-Point Consensus and widen the divisions between the bloc's member states.
1 month agoMyanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Monday, after years of questions over the…
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