Suu Kyi to meet PM Singh on landmark India visit
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Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi makes a gesture of greeting upon her arrival at the Indira Gandhi international airport as Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai (right) looks on in New Delhi on Nov 13, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi prays with Buddhist monks at a monastery in Kawhmu township in Yangon, Aug 3, 2012. -- PHOTO : REUTERS
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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, arrives at Yangon International airport before departing for India in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, Nov 12, 2012. -- PHOTO : AP
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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, centre, arrives at Yangon International airport before departing for India in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, Nov 12, 2012. -- PHOTO : AP
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Chairperson National League for Democracy of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi (left) walks with Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai on her arrival at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Nov 13, 2012. -- PHOTO : AFP
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Chairperson National League for Democracy of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Nov 13, 2012. -- PHOTO : AFP
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Chairperson National League for Democracy of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi gives a traditional greeting on her arrival at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Nov 13, 2012. -- PHOTO : AFP
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Supporters of Chairperson National League for Democracy of the Myanmar Aung San Suu Ky hold a banner as they welcome her arrival at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Nov 13, 2012. -- PHOTO : AFP
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Supporters of Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, hold banners to welcome her at the Indira Gandhi international airport in New Delhi, Nov 13, 2012. -- PHOTO : REUTERS
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Supporters of Chairperson National League for Democracy of the Myanmar Aung San Suu Ky hold a banner as they await her arrival at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Nov 13, 2012. -- PHOTO : AFP
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Myanmar opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012. -- PHOTO : AP
Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi makes a gesture of greeting upon her arrival at the Indira Gandhi international airport as Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai (right) looks on in New Delhi on Nov 13, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi prays with Buddhist monks at a monastery in Kawhmu township in Yangon, Aug 3, 2012. -- PHOTO : REUTERS
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, arrives at Yangon International airport before departing for India in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, Nov 12, 2012. -- PHOTO : AP
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, centre, arrives at Yangon International airport before departing for India in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, Nov 12, 2012. -- PHOTO : AP
Chairperson National League for Democracy of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi (left) walks with Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai on her arrival at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Nov 13, 2012. -- PHOTO : AFP
Chairperson National League for Democracy of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Nov 13, 2012. -- PHOTO : AFP
Chairperson National League for Democracy of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi gives a traditional greeting on her arrival at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Nov 13, 2012. -- PHOTO : AFP
Supporters of Chairperson National League for Democracy of the Myanmar Aung San Suu Ky hold a banner as they welcome her arrival at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Nov 13, 2012. -- PHOTO : AFP
Supporters of Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, hold banners to welcome her at the Indira Gandhi international airport in New Delhi, Nov 13, 2012. -- PHOTO : REUTERS
Supporters of Chairperson National League for Democracy of the Myanmar Aung San Suu Ky hold a banner as they await her arrival at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Nov 13, 2012. -- PHOTO : AFP
Myanmar opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012. -- PHOTO : AP
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on a landmark visit to New Delhi on Wednesday, after warning India not to get carried away by the startling reforms across its border.
Ms Suu Kyi, who was a student in New Delhi in the 1960s where her mother served as an ambassador, is paying her first visit to India in 25 years - most of which were spent under military house arrest.
Her invitation is an attempt by Mr Singh's government to repair a damaged relationship with Ms Suu Kyi who was finally freed by the junta in 2010 and led her party to a landslide victory in parliamentary by-elections in April.
New Delhi was once one of her staunchest supporters, but changed tack and sought engagement with the junta in the mid-1990s - a move that the Nobel peace prize winner has acknowledged "saddened" her.
