Aung San Suu Kyi meets Pope

Vatican City, May 4 (IANS/AKI) Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday met Pope Francis at the Vatican for 23-minute-long private audience.

Informed sources described Aung San Suu Kyi's audience with Francis as "extremely relaxed".

She gave the Pope a traditional Myanmarese ornament made from Alabaster while the pontiff gifted Aung San Suu Kyi a medal made by artist Daniela Fusco.

--IANS/AKI

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