Bring all Myanmar’s warring factions to negotiation table, govt told

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Ex-foreign minister Saifuddin Abdullah says Malaysia must, as Asean chair, develop a transition roadmap to resolve Myanmar’s four-year civil conflict.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/04/23/bring-all-myanmars-warring-factions-to-negotiation-table-govt-told   Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/04/23/bawa-semua-pihak-bertelagah-di-myanmar-ke-meja-rundingan-kata-bekas-menteri   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com  Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5  Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM  Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h  Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp  Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX  Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb  Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj  Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Download FMT News App:  Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46  App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ  Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP   #FMTNews #SaifuddinAbdullah #AnwarIbrahim #Junta

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00:00Bring all warring factions in the Myanmar conflict to the negotiation table for a successful ASEAN

00:08chairmanship. This is what former Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said in a recent exclusive

00:13interview with FMT, adding that Malaysia could stand out in its role as chair by outlining a

00:19clear roadmap to resolve the conflict. If we can, by the end of our tenure as chair,

00:25announce a certain roadmap. When is the transition going to happen? That would be the greatest KPI.

00:31If we can do it, it's a huge bonus for Malaysia as chair, but I understand how difficult it is.

00:38Saifuddin also criticised the unequal reception that Malaysia gave to the democratically elected

00:43government in exile, the National Unity Government, compared to the military junta. He said Prime

00:49Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who recently held a face-to-face meeting with the junta during a visit

00:54to Thailand, has so far only engaged with the NUG virtually.

00:58I was told that this was due to security or logistic arrangement. If that was the case,

01:06then we could have done it elsewhere. I know this is mere symbolic, but it's very important because

01:13the junta is losing. They are holding to less than 30% of the whole Myanmar. Even more important is NUG

01:19is the democratically elected government by the people of Myanmar. You have to give that kind of

01:26protocol. You have to give equal, if not more, to NUG. But we give less because here is a meeting in person

01:33with the junta leader. Here is a meeting online.

01:36While Saifuddin acknowledged that Anwar's engagement with the NUG marked a first for any ASEAN chair,

01:42he said it could have been a better first. Last week, Saifuddin said the April 17th meeting between

01:48the Prime Minister and junta leader Min Aung Laing in Bangkok was a step in the wrong direction,

01:54as Malaysia had previously refused to recognise the junta both in bilateral and multilateral relations.

02:00Danish Roger Rizza, FMT.

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