Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah met his counterpart from Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG), a shadow administration outlawed by the ruling military junta, in the group’s first open engagement with a Southeast Asian country.
The meeting, disclosed by Saifuddin in a Twitter post late on Saturday (May 14), was held on the sidelines of a two-day summit in Washington between the United States and the 10-member Asean, which excluded Myanmar’s leader over a military coup last year.
In his Twitter post, Mr Saifuddin said Malaysia “stands ready to work towards restoring peace and democracy in Myanmar” during an informal meeting with NUG Foreign Minister Zin Mar Aung.
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