Myanmar's Suu Kyi meets parliament boss, ambassadors


  • World
  • Thursday, 19 Nov 2015

National League for Democracy (NLD) party leader Aung San Suu Kyi attends Myanmar's first parliament meeting after the November 8 general elections, at the Lower House of Parliament in Naypyitaw November 16, 2015. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi met with speaker of parliament Shwe Mann for the second time in a week on Thursday to discuss reconciliation of the disparate political forces in the country in the wake of her historic election victory earlier this month.

Suu Kyi also met ambassadors from countries including Russia, Germany, the UK and Spain in one of the parliament buildings on Thursday, a day after receiving the Chinese ambassador.

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