Tutu to meet Suu Kyi
(02-26 15:05)
Archbishop Desmond Tutu was to meet fellow Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday, her party said, during a visit to Myanmar that also includes talks with dissidents imprisoned by the former junta.
Nobel peace prize winner Tutu arrived in the country on Monday, according to a source from Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, in the latest high profile visit to the country as it emerges from decades of military rule, AFP reports.
"He met some political prisoners this morning. Daw Suu will meet him in Yangon this afternoon -- she will come back from Naypyidaw to meet him,'' he said. Daw is a term of respect in Myanmar.
A Myanmar government official confirmed the visit and said Tutu would also visit key tourist destinations, including the Bagan temple complex and Inle Lake in Shan state, before departing on a boat heading to India on March 1.
A US embassy official said Tutu would give a speech at the American Centre in Yangon on Wednesday.
Tutu, who won the Nobel prize in 1984 for his role in the fight against apartheid in South Africa, was a fervent supporter of Suu Kyi's struggle for democracy during her long years of house arrest.
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