Myanmar's detained former civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi meets with Arnaude de Baecque, resident representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross to Myanmar, in Naypyidaw. | Myanmar's Presidential Press and Information Bureau / via AFP-JIJI
REUTERS
Aug 3, 2026
Bangkok – Myanmar’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 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 ousted 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 conditions have been difficult to determine, with no foreign leader or envoy having publicly met her. On Monday, Suu Kyi met with Arnaud de Baecque, resident representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to Myanmar in the capital Naypyitaw, government spokeswoman Khine Khine Soe said in a message via Telegram.
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