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Modi gifts Suu Kyi her IIAS fellowship proposal copy

In a special gesture, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gifted Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi a reproduction of her research proposal for a fellowship in the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla. “Presented Daw Aung San Su Kyi a special reproduction of original research proposal she submitted for fellowship at …

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September 6, 2017

India, Myanmar sign 11 agreements

With New Delhi’s increasing emphasis on its Act East Policy, India and Myanmar on Wednesday signed 11 agreements, including one on maritime security cooperation, following delegation-level talks headed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi here. Two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) were signed on maritime security coperation and …

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September 6, 2017

Suu Kyi says Myanmar working to protect Rohingyas

The de facto leader and Myanmar Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi has publicly responded to the ongoing crisis in Rakhine state, that led to over 400 deaths and triggered an exodus of over 120,000 Rohingya Muslims. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace laureate, told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a telephone call that her …

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September 6, 2017

PM Modi meets Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and the two leaders are expected to discuss wide-ranging topics. “Meeting a valued friend. PM @narendramodi with the State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted. The prime minister’s visit to Myanmar comes amid a spike …

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September 6, 2017

Pope in Myanmar

Shorn of the diplomatic grandstanding that has been reserved for the Pope in Myanmar, there are profound implications of the first papal visit to the predominantly Buddhist nation that has over the past few days been convulsed by renewed persecution of the Rohingya Muslims. The minority segment on the border with Bangladesh has been buffeted …

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September 1, 2017

Suu Kyi to open international forum on Myanmar’s democratic transition

More than 30 speakers are to participate in the 'Forum on Myanmar's Democratic Transition'.

August 9, 2017

Myanmar bars UN

For all her democratic protestations of concern over the persecution of Rohingyas, the Myanmar government's refusal to allow a UN factfinding mission to investigate allegations of killings, rape and torture by security forces against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state reflects poorly on the leadership of Aung San Suu Kyi. Ironically enough, her stance is seemingly …

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July 17, 2017

Suu Kyi writes to PM Modi condemning Amarnath attack

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, condemning the terror attack that killed seven Amarnath pilgrims, the government said on Thursday. Suu Kyi also offered condolences to the victims of the July 10 terror attack. "Myanmar State Counsellor @OfficialSuuKyi writes to PM @narendramodi, condemns #AmarnathYatraattack and offers heartfelt …

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July 14, 2017

Aung San Suu Kyi meets Pope

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday met Pope Francis at the Vatican for 23-minute-long private audience. Informed sources described Aung San Suu Kyi's audience with Francis as "extremely relaxed". She gave the Pope a traditional Myanmarese ornament made from Alabaster while the pontiff gifted Aung San Suu Kyi a medal made …

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May 4, 2017

Suu Kyi denies ethnic cleansing of Myanmar minority

Aung San Suu Kyi has denied the ethnic cleansing of Myanmar's Muslim minority, speaking to the BBC after the UN rights council agreed to investigate allegations against the army. “I don't think there is ethnic cleansing going on. I think ethnic cleansing is too strong an expression to use for what is happening,” Suu Kyi …

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April 6, 2017

By-election begins in Myanmar

A multi-party parliamentary by-election began across Myanmar on Saturday with two million eligible voters. A total of 94 candidates including 16 female are competing for 19 vacant seats in 22 townships, Xinhua news agency reported. It is the first by-election since the new government, led by the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD), took office …

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April 1, 2017

NLD leader’s death

Sunday’s killing of a Muslim lawyer and member of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy outside Yangon’s international airport is emblematic of the deepening crisis within. It testifies to the surge in anti-Muslim sentiment that has been sweeping the country, and not merely in Rakhine province, dominated by the persecuted Rohingyas. Ever since …

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January 30, 2017

Boris Johnson, Suu Kyi hold talks on economic reforms

British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Boris Johnson on Saturday lauded talks with Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, which he said included positive exchanges on economic reforms and human rights in the Southeast Asian country. Johnson met Nobel Peace Prize winner Suu Kyi on Friday night, as part of his …

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January 21, 2017

World must stop Myanmar abuse

Following the end of almost fifty years of military rule in Myanmar and the release of Nobel Laureate leader Aung San Suu Kyi in 2011.

December 5, 2016

Relentless persecution

The irony is cruel. The persecution of the Rohingyas has intensified in Myanmar with the change of guard — from the junta to a democratic dispensation under Aung San Suu Kyi. The democratic world had expected quite the contrary, if not a distinct measure of improvement in the condition of the stateless minorities of Rakhine …

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November 23, 2016