Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi
Monday capped a three-day visit to Norway by attending a peace
conference with U2 musician Bono, before the two were to fly to
Ireland.
Suu Kyi told reporters in Oslo she liked the U2 song Walk On,
which Bono dedicated to her some years ago.
"It's very close to how I feel, that it's up to you to carry on,"
the 66-year-old said of the song's message.
"It's good if you have supporters, it's good if you have people
who are sympathetic and understanding, but in the end it's your own
two legs who have to carry you on," she said.
Bono said he was "amazed" that it had been "taken to her heart and
to the hearts of others," saying that he was "starstruck" on meeting
the 1991 peace prize laureate in person.
Suu Kyi and Bono Monday took part in a gathering of mediators and
diplomats known as the Oslo forum, along with Norway's foreign
minister, Jonas Gahr Store.
On Saturday, Suu Kyi gave her Nobel lecture in Oslo, the city
where she was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of
her non-violent campaign for democracy and human rights.
Her late husband and two sons collected the prize on her behalf in
1991 as she was under house arrest and not allowed to leave Myanmar.
In Dublin, Bono was to present Suu Kyi with the Amnesty
International Ambassador of Conscience Award.
Ireland is the third stop for Suu Kyi, who is on her first foreign
trip in 24 years. The trip began last week in Switzerland.
Suu Kyi was to be greeted by Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore
at Dublin airport Monday afternoon before visiting President Michael
D Higgins at his official residence, Aras an Uachtarain.
Rock star Bono will present her with the award at a concert in her
honour, which will also feature fellow human rights campaigner and
musician Sir Bob Geldof.
The Nobel laureate is then due to make a public address in central
Dublin and formally accept the Freedom of the City of Dublin she was
awarded in 2000.
