This handout photo taken and released on August 3, 2026 by Myanmar's Presidential Press and Information Bureau (PPIB) shows detained former civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) meeting with Arnaude de Baecque, resident representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to Myanmar, in Naypyidaw. Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi met with the nation's International Committee of the Red Cross representative on August 3, the first publicised meeting between the detained ex-democratic leader and a foreign official since she was ousted in a 2021 military coup. Photo: AFP PHOTO / Myanmar’s Presidential Press and Information Bureau

Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Monday (August 3, 2026), a spokeswoman for the Myanmar government said.

The meeting came amid concerns over the health of the 81-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner, who has been in detention since a February 2021 coup plunged the impoverished Southeast Asian nation into turmoil.

The meeting took place in Myanmar’s capital city of Naypyitaw, spokeswoman Khine Khine Soe said in a message via Telegram. 

Published - August 03, 2026 09:57 am IST