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Malaysia urges ASEAN envoy to meet Myanmar shadow government
Saifuddin Abdullah on his Facebook page welcomed the announcement of the ASEAN envoy's trip to Myanmar in March and listed a range of groups that he should meet.
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Malaysian Minister of Foreign Affairs Saifuddin Abdullah speaks during a joint press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister after their meeting in Ankara on December 20, 2021. (AFP/Adem Altan)
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alaysia's foreign minister on Thursday urged a special envoy of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to meet with representatives of an outlawed shadow National Unity Government (NUG) in military-ruled Myanmar.
Saifuddin Abdullah on his Facebook page welcomed the announcement of the ASEAN envoy's trip to Myanmar in March and listed a range of groups that he should meet.
Meanwhile, Cambodia's foreign minister said on Thursday he planned to visit military-ruled Myanmar next month as a special regional envoy and suggested the ruling junta allow him to talk to members of a shadow government that it has labeled "terrorists".
Speaking at a news conference after a meeting of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers in Phnom Penh, Prak Sokhonn said Cambodia as ASEAN chair would keep engaging the Myanmar junta to "keep trust and confidence alive for the time being".
Earlier on Thursday, members of ASEAN have urged Myanmar's military to follow a five-point "consensus" it agreed to last year at a crisis meeting of the bloc's leaders to address deadly unrest that followed a coup.
