Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s state counsellor and de-facto head of state, arrived at Phnom Penh airport on Monday afternoon as she began a three-day visit to Cambodia.

Suu Kyi is to meet King Norodom Sihamoni and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath at the Royal Palace Ministry as part of her trip, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said.

She is also due to meet Prime Minister Hun Sen, as well as Senate President Say Chhum and National Assembly President Heng Samrin.

Suu Kyi, who is also Myanmar’s minister of foreign affairs, will lay wreaths at Independence Monument and the statue of the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk in the capital.

She is to conclude her trip by visiting Siem Reap province’s Angkor Wat temple complex.

“Aung San Suu Kyi’s official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia will further strengthen and expand the bonds of friendship and cooperation between the two nations in all areas, as well as the Asean and multilateral frameworks,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation spokesman Ket Sophann could not be reached for comment on Monday.

Kin Phea, director-general of the Institute of International Relations at the Royal Academy of Cambodia, last week said Cambodia and Myanmar have always helped and supported each other.

“We are new Asean members at a similar level of economic development. Strengthening and deepening bilateral ties between our two countries is very important in the Asean framework as well as regional affairs,” he said.

Political analyst Meas Nee on Monday said Suu Kyi had in the past been lauded for her struggle for democracy, receiving the Nobel peace prize in 1991. However, she has received criticism recently from the international community for her handling of Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis.

“I don’t expect there to be talks on democracy as we can see that the two leaders may have a differing view of democracy from the way the West perceives it,” Nee said.