Malaysia Names Ex-Diplomat Othman Hashim ASEAN Special Envoy

Malaysia’s has appointed diplomat Othman Hashim as the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN’s special envoy on the crisis in army-ruled Myanmar, its foreign minister said.

Othman is the former secretary general of Malaysia’s foreign ministry and was selected by Malaysia, the new chair of Association of Southeast Asian Nations, to try to implement ASEAN’s peace plan in Myanmar, where a civil war is intensifying.

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