Nation’s leaders set for first foreign visit to Laos

While Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was not mentioned in the state newspaper’s announcement of the visit, spokesperson U Zaw Htay confirmed that the state counsellor – who is also the foreign minister – will join the delegation to the landlocked nation.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has said that she will be “above the president”, including during foreign visits. “I’ll go there. I’ll go along with the president, and he can sit beside me,” she told The Washington Post last year.

Myanmar’s first lady, Daw Su Su Lwin, will also travel to Laos to meet President Bounnhang Vorachith and his wife. (Courtesy of Myanmar Times)