昂山素季20多年來第一次出國

Burma's long-time democracy icon and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi departs for Thailand Tuesday for her first international trip in 24 years.

The newly elected parliamentarian had spent 15 of the past 22 years in detention for challenging the oppressive military leadership that ruled Burma for decades.

She will arrive in the Thai capital, Bangkok, on Tuesday, where she is expected to meet with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. The Burmese opposition leader will also address the World Economic Forum on East Asia later this week.

Her trip is seen by many as a landmark moment in Burma's political reform process

緬甸長期民主象徵，也是反對派領袖昂山素季星期二將啓程前往泰國，這是她24年來第一次出國。

不久前，昂山素季當選緬甸議會議員。在以往22年期間，昂山素季由於對幾十年治理緬甸實行壓制政策的軍事領導發出挑戰，而遭受拘禁長達15年。

昂山素季將於星期二抵達泰國首都曼谷。預計，昂山素季將會晤泰國總理英拉?西那瓦。此外，昂山素季將在本星期晚些時候舉行的世界經濟論壇東亞問題會議上發表演講。

很多人將昂山素季此次出國視爲緬甸民主改革進程中一個具有里程碑意義的事件。