Yangon, Aug 19 (ANI): The Myanmar government has formally invited pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi to take part in a government-sponsored economic forum.
Local business leaders and representatives of all registered political parties will also attend forum, which will open in the administrative capital Naypyidaw, the BBC reports.
It will be the first time Suu Kyi has visited the purpose-built capital since its construction in 2005, and the first time the government has invited her to take part in an official forum.
It is also potentially the first opportunity for her to meet Burma's new president, former general, now civilian Thein Sein, the report said.
This is the latest step in a series of carefully calibrated moves designed to show the new administration reaching out to former foes.
Suu Kyi was recently allowed to travel outside her home town of Rangoon on an overtly political trip. (ANI)
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