Thai Minister Meets Suu Kyi in Myanmar Jail

Facts

On Wednesday, Thailand's Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said he had met with Myanmar's former pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Sunday.¹
On the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Jakarta, Pramudwinai said that Suu Kyi had called for renewed dialogue to resolve the country's political crisis, adding that the 78-year-old Nobel laureate is in good health.²
Pramudwinai is the first foreign official to be granted access to visit Suu Kyi since her detention in 2021 following a coup in the nation. Allegedly, the junta in control has refused to allow foreign diplomats to meet her since she was removed from power.³
On Monday, local media reported that Pramudwinai had flown into the capital Naypyitaw on a special military plane and returned home the same day after meeting Myanmar's junta, including army general Min Aung Hlaing.⁴
Meanwhile, the Associated Press claimed that Suu Kyi's legal team had submitted appeal arguments to the Supreme Court on her behalf over five corruption cases in which she has been found guilty and sentenced to 33 years in prison.⁵
Myanmar's junta reportedly met with Suu Kyi in Naypyitaw Prison on May 27 and June 4 with the aim of aiding the peace-making process and ceasing violence in the country.⁶

Narrative A, as provided by Washington Post. If the country's democracy icon Suu Kyi is urging renewed talks between the junta and the opposition, Pramudwinai's meeting is a positive development that may lead Myanmar out of its years-long deadly turmoil. Only dialogue can restore peace in the Southeast Asian nation.
Narrative B, as provided by Bangkok Post. The junta allowed Thailand's foreign minister to meet Suu Kyi on the eve of the ASEAN meeting so as to distract the international community and sow discord in the armed resistance. It's highly doubtful Suu Kyi would deliver such a strong political message through a foreign official when she is not even allowed to meet her lawyers.
Narrative C, as provided by Citizen. A detained Suu Kyi is no threat to the junta, as she is no longer a campaigner for freedom or a democratic heroine. She is instead a compromised figure, distrusted by much of the country for failing to prevent the genocidal campaign against the Rohingyas. She is far less significant to the future of Myanmar than many would suggest.