Aung San Suu Kyi meets Pope

Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday met Pope Francis at the Vatican (PHOTO: FACEBOOK/RFA Burmese)


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 by artist Daniela Fusco.