This Article is From Nov 19, 2012

Barack Obama meets Aung San Suu Kyi on landmark Myanmar visit

Barack Obama meets Aung San Suu Kyi on landmark Myanmar visit

Myanmar democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi, center, greets US President Barack Obama, right, and US Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton, left, at her residence in Yangon, Myanmar. Credit: The Associated Press

Yangon: US President Barack Obama met Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday during a historic visit to Yangon aimed at encouraging political reforms, an AFP reporter said.

Mr Obama held talks with his fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner at the lakeside mansion where she languished for years under house arrest at the hands of generals who ran the country for decades.

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