Aung San Suu Kyi collects Rome citizenship

(From left) Former mayor of Rome Francesco Rutelli, Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi and Rome's Mayor Ignazio Marino posing during the ceremony of honouring Suu Kyi with Rome citizenship on Sunday. - EPA

ROME: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi finally became an honorary citizen of Rome Sunday, 19 years after the honour was awarded to her. 

The Nobel peace laureate was given the citizenship in 1994 but spent most of the past two decades under house arrest in Myanmar which meant she was unable to collect her award.