Thai and Malaysia leaders discuss insurgency, Myanmar crisis

BANGKOK (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob met along with his Thai counterpart Prayuth Chan-ocha on Friday within the first official go to of a overseas chief to Thailand for the reason that begin of the coronavirus pandemic.

The 2 leaders reviewed an honor guard exterior Prayuth’s workplaces in Bangkok earlier than sitting down to debate bilateral points, together with methods to spice up their economies. Additionally they briefly touched on the continuing disaster in Myanmar.

Thailand’s three southernmost provinces border on Malaysia and have been on the heart of a low-level however typically lethal Muslim insurgency for a few years. Assist from Malaysia has lengthy been seen as key to restoring peace.

In a joint assertion after their assembly, the 2 leaders mentioned they reaffirmed their dedication to discovering a peaceable answer, with Malaysia performing as a facilitator.

The 2 leaders exchanged views “on selling financial improvement to uplift livelihoods” of residents of Thailand’s southernmost provinces — among the many nation’s poorest and least developed — and Malaysia’s northern states, they mentioned.

Additionally they mentioned they underlined the necessity for solidarity amongst members of the Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations in implementing a plan to ease the disaster in Myanmar often known as the 5 Level Consensus.

The plan was adopted final April by ASEAN members however Myanmar has thus far stalled on placing it into impact.

Myanmar’s military seized energy in February final yr from the elected authorities of Aung San Suu Kyi, and opposition to its takeover has advanced into armed resistance that some U.N. specialists have described as civil warfare.

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