12 September 2016

News Story: Myanmar state counselor departs on official visit to U.S.

Aung San Suu Kyi meeting Barack Obama at the White House
Sept 2012 (Image: Wiki Commons)
YANGON, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi Saturday left for the United States on an official visit, according to official sources.

It is Suu Kyi's second visit to Washington nearly four years after the first one in 2012.

Aung San Suu Kyi is expected to meet U.S. President Barack Obama and will discuss issues on lifting sanctions on Myanmar, human rights and democratic transition.

Read the full story at Xinhua