After proving her mettle in Cambodia, the birth country of her oldest adopted son Maddox, actress Angelina Jolie Pitt is now on a four-day trip to Myanmar. During the summit, she met Nobel Peace Prize victor Aung San Suu Kyi, who leads the National League for Democracy in Burma, People magazine writes.
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“I am looking forward to meeting with many people, including women’s groups, civil society, displaced people and youth, to learn firsthand from them about their concerns and hopes for the future of their country”, Jolie said in a statement to People.
Myanmar will hold general elections on November 8.
Determined to give something back, she launched Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation in Cambodia 12 years ago to promote community development alongside conservation.
Angelina Jolie’s 11-year-old son is following in her humanitarian footsteps.
Ms Jolie is in Myanmar for a 4-day visit in her role as a special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Asked if he would be involved in her upcoming Netflix film, ‘First they Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, ‘ about the country’s Khmer Rouge communist regime, during which 1.7 million civilians died in the 1970s, the director said: “Maddox will be on set every day after school and involved behind the scenes”.
She had intended visiting displaced persons in another camp in Rakhine state in the northwest of the country, but had to cancel because of severe weather warnings.
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Relations have soured dramatically between the still powerful army and the party’s influential leader and parliamentary speaker Shwe Mann, who is widely considered a presidential hopeful.
