# Aung San Suu Kyi appears healthy in first confirmed outside contact for 2.5 years

https://mins.news/en/item/12248

- BBC News, 2026-08-03 06:53 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1e1d5j6660o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Photos released by Myanmar’s military government show Aung San Suu Kyi meeting an official from the International Committee of the Red Cross. She appears healthy in the images. The meeting is the first confirmed contact she has had with someone from outside for two and a half years. The photographs were newly made public by the military government.

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