President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Peter Maurer
YANGON (Reuters): The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) met Myanmar's junta leader Min Aung Hlaing on Thursday (June 3) and requested the resumption of ICRC prison visits and more humanitarian access to conflict areas, Nikkei Asia reported on Thursday.
The meeting with Peter Maurer was the first in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw between the junta leader and such a senior international representative since the Feb 1 coup in which he overthrew elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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