News in photo: President Duterte meets with Myanmar State Counsellor Suu Kyi

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Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi (R) shakes hand with Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte before their meeting at the Presidential House in Naypyidaw on March 20, 2017. Duterte's visit coincided with the 60th anniversary of ties between the two countries. / AFP PHOTO / AUNG HTET
Myanmar’s State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi (R) shakes hand with Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte before their meeting at the Presidential House in Naypyidaw on March 20, 2017.
Duterte’s visit coincided with the 60th anniversary of ties between the two countries. / AFP PHOTO / AUNG HTET

 

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during his meeting with Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (Phot courtesy Agiculture Secretary Manny Pinol's facebook post.)
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during his meeting with Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (Phot courtesy Agiculture Secretary Manny Pinol’s facebook post.)

 

President Rodrigo Duterte  met with Myanmar State Counsellor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi at the Call Room of the Presidential Palace in Myanmar on March 20.

In the said meeting, President Duterte also handed over a pledge worth US $300,000 to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for the Philippines’ humanitarian assistance to Myanmar’s Rakhine State, the biggest donation made so far made by an ASEAN member state to Myanmar’s Rakhine State this year.

The President’s meeting with democracy leader Suu Kyi capped his two-day official visit in Myanmar.