SOUTH
Malaysia to mediate talks
- Published: 11 Jan 2013 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: News
Malaysia says it is ready to help mediate truce talks between the Thai government and separatists in the deep South.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak told Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung yesterday that Kuala Lumpur would help as Thai authorities try to solve the longstanding conflict in the three largely Muslim provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat, according to ThaiPBS.
Mr Najib said the talks would be similar to those held in the Philippines' Mindanao island, where a peace treaty was signed late last year between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the country's largest Muslim rebel group, and the Philippine government.
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