Myanmar's Suu Kyi to skip Washington summit of Southeast Asia foreign ministers

Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to the Myanmar community living in Singapore, on the island of Sentosa in Singapore September 22, 2013. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has declined an invitation to meet U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington this week alongside top diplomats from Southeast Asia, citing other commitments, Myanmar officials said on Tuesday.

Nobel laureate Suu Kyi - who serves as Myanmar's foreign minister while also being de facto head of its civilian government - would send a senior official in her place, said Zaw Htay, director general of Suu Kyi's office.