Trudeau holds “very direct” talk with Myanmar’s Suu Kyi about state-led violence
DANANG, Vietnam — Justin Trudeau used a face-to-face meeting Friday with Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi to lay out some of the evidence he has seen on the state-led violence that has shaken her country and set off a huge refugee crisis.
The prime minister met with Suu Kyi for 45 minutes on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation leaders’ summit in Danang, Vietnam.
It was Trudeau’s first meeting with Suu Kyi, an honorary Canadian citizen, since a crackdown by Myanmar’s security forces began in late August. The alleged attacks have forced more than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims into exile in neighbouring Bangladesh.
The crisis has damaged the once-celebrated global image of Suu Kyi, who is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.