Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross yesterday, after years of questions over the health and well-being of the 81-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Suu Kyi has been in detention since February 2021, when an elected civilian government led by her was toppled by Myanmar’s military in a dawn coup, plunging the impoverished Southeast Asian nation into turmoil.
Since then, Suu Kyi’s exact whereabouts and health condition have been difficult to determine, with no foreign leader or envoy having publicly met with her despite requests for contact from countries in the region that have excluded Myanmar’s leadership from their summits.
Suu Kyi met with Arnaud de Baecque, resident representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross to Myanmar, in the capital Naypyitaw, government spokesperson Khine Khine Soe said in a message via Telegram.
The ICRC confirmed that a delegate had met with Suu Kyi, without naming the official.
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