Myanmar's detained former civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)'s resident representative on Monday, marking the first publicly disclosed meeting between her and a foreign official since the military seized power in the 2021 coup.

According to a statement from the Myanmar President's Office, "Mr. Arnaud de Baecque, the Resident Representative of the ICRC to Myanmar, met with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi this morning."

The authorities did not provide further details about the meeting, including where it took place or what issues were discussed.

According to AFP, the meeting is the first known official engagement between Suu Kyi and a foreign representative since she was ousted by the military in February 2021 and subsequently detained.

Suu Kyi, 81, has spent much of the past five years in military custody after being convicted in a series of cases that her supporters and international rights groups have widely condemned as politically motivated. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate has remained largely isolated from the outside world, with only limited access to legal counsel and family members.

The ICRC has maintained humanitarian operations in Myanmar throughout the country's prolonged conflict, providing assistance to communities affected by violence and displacement. Neither the ICRC nor Myanmar authorities immediately released additional information about Monday's meeting.

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