Detained Myanmar leader Suu Kyi has first foreign visitor in five years

Suu Kyi met with Arnaud de Baecque, Myanmar resident representative of the ICRC, on Monday in the capital, Naypyitaw, a government spokesperson said. AdvertisementOne of four photographs provided by the Myanmar government shows Suu Kyi dressed in traditional Burmese attire and standing ‌unaided, shaking hands with Baecque. The third image shows Suu Kyi cutting a birthday cake, and the fourth shows the cake with text reading: “Happy Birthday Aunty Suu 29.6.2026”. The coup leader who deposed Suu Kyi, Min Aung Hlaing, became Myanmar’s civilian president in April after highly restricted elections. When the military wrote a new constitution, it included language that barred Suu Kyi from becoming president.