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BANGKOK: Thailand’s prime minister said on Thursday (February 25) that his meeting with Myanmar’s military-appointed foreign minister this week following a coup in the neighboring country did not mean “endorsement.”
Wednesday’s meeting saw him mainly listening to Myanmar military appointee Wunna Maung Lwin who took power earlier this month about “political developments” and the situation in Myanmar, the Thai prime minister told reporters, Prayut Chan-o-cha.
He also denied that Thailand has joined Indonesia to become a mediator to resolve the situation in Myanmar.
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“The political issue is your country’s issue. I want to encourage you to move the country towards democracy as quickly as possible,” said Prayut, a former army general who took power in a 2014 coup and became prime minister. civil in a disputed 2019 Election that said it was free and fair.
“It didn’t mean he was endorsing anything. He didn’t ask me to. I was just listening to what he was telling me, that’s all.”
The Thai and Indonesian foreign ministers also met with Wunna Maung Lwin in the Thai capital on Wednesday.
