May 18, 2016

Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan begins 3-day visit to Myanmar, will meet Aung San Suu Kyi

Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan began an introductory visit to Myanmar on Tuesday (May 17), as part of a series of high-level exchanges to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations.

This is the first high-level bilateral meeting since Myanmar's new government came into power.

In November last year (2015), Myanmar held a landmark general election that swept the party led by long-time political detainee Aung San Suu Kyi into power. (Courtesy of straitstimes.com)

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