Sihasak said Lazaro’s visit was timed to allow the envoy to report back to a meeting of ASEAN ministers ahead of a leaders summit.
“The details of her visit, the itinerary is being worked out,” he said at a joint media appearance with his Malaysian counterpart.
“She is going there as the ASEAN special envoy, and we hope that there’ll be good progress and some progress for her to report on when the ASEAN foreign ministers meet in Manila prior to the ASEAN Summit.”
On Thursday, Aung San Suu Kyi’s son Kim Aris was allowed to speak to her on the telephone for the first time in more than five years, in a call from Myanmar’s London embassy.
The UK-based Aris told AFP afterwards that his mother had sounded “fairly healthy”, but added: “I remain very concerned about her well-being.”