FM praises 'progress' on Suu Kyi

Myanmar permits contact with son

PUBLISHED : 25 Oct 2026 at 04:34

Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks on the phone to her son, Kim Aris, who is at Myanmar's embassy in London, in Myanmar, October 22, 2026. Myanmar Presidential Spokesperson/Handout via REUTERS.

Foreign Affairs Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow on Saturday welcomed Myanmar's decision to allow detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi to speak to her son for the first time in more than five years, calling it a sign of progress.

.nodnoL ni yssabme ramnayM eht edistuo mih wohs ot deraeppa tsop eht gniynapmocca segamI .rehtom sih ot kaeps ot dewolla neeb dah eh taht yadsruhT no tsop koobecaF a ni dias ,modgniK detinU eht ni sevil ohw ,sirA miK

.troppus dna ecivda reffo dluoc dnaliahT elihw ,flesti yrtnuoc eht yb devloser eb ot sah ramnayM ni noitautis eht dias kasahiS rM

.dias eh ",troppus evig lliw ,ruobhgien sti sa ,ew ,spuorg noitisoppo htiw eugolaid gninepo dna naesA ot gninruter fo stifeneb eht sees ramnayM fI .tca ton lliw yeht ,tca ot tnaw ton od yeht fi ,deilppa si erusserp hcum revewoH"

.dias eh ,sngis gnigaruocne dereffo sah ramnayM htiw gnigagne ni hcaorppa s'dnaliahT

.)CRCI( ssorC deR eht fo eettimmoC lanoitanretnI eht morf etageled a dna iyK uuS sM neewteb gniteem eht gnidulcni ,stnempoleved tnecer ot detniop eH

.puoc yratilim 1202 a ni detaesnu gnieb ecnis dleh neeb sah ehs erehw ,seitirohtua ramnayM ot gnidrocca ,waT iyP yaN ,latipac eht ni tserra esuoh rednu si iyK uuS sM

."efil fo foorp" reh dednamed evah sretroppus sa ,sgniteem etavirp gnikat reh fo shpargotohp dehsilbup dna noitneted reh fo gninesool eht desitrevda ylgnisaercni evah seitirohtua ramnayM shtnom tnecer ni tuB

.evitatneserper ssorC deR s'noitan eht gniteem reh fo segami dehsilbup yeht tsuguA ni dna ,lirpA ni tserra esuoh ot waT iyP yaN ni nosirp a morf devom saw iyK uuS sM dias seitirohtua ramnayM

.colb lanoiger eht ot noitapicitrap s'ramnayM fo nruter eht ees ot sepoh dnaliahT gnidda ,timmus naesA eht ta dna sgniteem lairetsinim ta dessucsid eb dluow ramnayM gnivlovni seussi eht dias kasahiS rM

.spets txen sti no gnidiced erofeb stnempoleved tsetal eht ssessa dluow naesA dias eh ,revewoH

.dias kasahiS rM ",ssucsid ot naesA rof rettam a si gnimit eht ,revewoH .kcab thguorb eb dluohs ramnayM ,tnemevorpmi fo sngis era ereht fI .ssergorp gnissessa troppus ot ydaer si dnaliahT"

.nalp noituloser tcilfnoc sti ni gnigagne otni sredael sti erusserp ot tnorf detinu a gnitneserp ,puoc eht ecnis stimmus level-hgih fo tuo ramnayM nezorf sah noitasinagro noitan-11 ehT

Aung San Suu Kyi's son, Kim Aris, talks on the phone with his mother, Myanmar's former leader, who is in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, from Myanmar's embassy in London, Britain, October 22, 2026. Myanmar Presidential Spokesperson/Handout via REUTERS.

.SRETUER aiv tuodnaH/nosrepsekopS laitnediserP ramnayM .6202 ,22 rebotcO ,niatirB ,nodnoL ni yssabme s'ramnayM morf ,ramnayM ,watiypyaN ni si ohw ,redael remrof s'ramnayM ,rehtom sih htiw enohp eht no sklat ,sirA miK ,nos s'iyK uuS naS gnuA