Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi Friday on the sidelines of the APEC leaders' summit in Vietnam, the Prime Minister's Office has confirmed. During that call, Trudeau "stressed the particular importance of the state counsellor as a moral and political leader," according to a readout. Last month, Trudeau announced the appointment of former Ontario premier Bob Rae as his special envoy to Myanmar. Rae is also in Vietnam and will brief Trudeau in Da Nang ahead of the prime minister's meeting with Suu Kyi. Some leaders in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, maintain the Rohingya migrated illegally from Bangladesh, though many Rohingya families have lived in Myanmar for generations.

Source: CBC News November 09, 2017 12:22 UTC