Aung San Suu Kyi in Norway
At
the invitation of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, Aung San Suu Kyi
will visit Norway from 15 to 18 June. During her visit, she will give
her Nobel Lecture and take part in the annual Oslo Forum Mediators’
Retreat, amongst other things.
“I am delighted that Aung San Suu
Kyi can at last be here in person to be celebrated as Nobel Peace Prize
Laureate. Norway has long supported democratic forces in Myanmar and
welcomes the political reforms. We are honoured that Aung San Suu Kyi
has accepted our invitation and that Norway will be one of the first
countries she visits now that she is able to leave Myanmar,” said Mr
Stoltenberg.
Aung San Suu Kyi will meet Mr Stoltenberg during her
visit. She will give her Nobel Lecture in Oslo City Hall on 16 June. On
Sunday 17 June she will visit Bergen and the Rafto Foundation, Aung San
Suu Kyi was awarded the Rafto Prize in 1990.
In 2010, Aung San
Suu Kyi was released from house arrest in Myanmar after many years’
struggle for democracy and human rights. As leader of the opposition
party National League for Democracy, she was elected to the lower
chamber of Myanmar’s parliament in April this year. She was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, but was under house arrest at the time. Her
husband and two sons received the prize on her behalf.
DRAFT PROGRAM
Friday 15 June at 18:30
PRESS CONFERENCE
Location: tbc
Saturday 16 June at 13:00
THE NOBEL LECTURE
Location: Oslo City Hall
Sunday 17 June
MEETING WITH THE RAFTO-FOUNDATION
Location: The Rafto House in Bergen
Monday 18 June
Attending the opening session of the Oslo Forum
Location: Losby Gods
More details will follow.
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