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Malaysia FM meets counterpart from Myanmar shadow govt in Washington 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)

Reuters Washington, United States   ●

Sun, May 15, 2022

Malaysia 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.

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The meeting, disclosed by Saifuddin in a Twitter post late on Saturday, was held on the sidelines of a two-day summit in Washington between the United States and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which excluded Myanmar’s leader over a military coup last year.