Myanmar's Suu Kyi meets Red Cross envoy in rare outside contact

Myanmar's military-backed government said Monday that Arnaud de Baecque, the International Committee of the Red Cross' resident representative to Myanmar, has met with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is under house arrest in the capital Naypyitaw.Several photos were released, including one of the meeting Monday morning and others of Suu Kyi receiving and cutting a birthday cake, believed to have been taken on her June 19 birthday.In a statement issued hours after the government release, the ICRC confirmed the meeting, saying "a delegate" from the organization visited Suu Kyi on A…READ FULL ARTICLE