KUALA LUMPUR, April 20 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim spoke to leaders from both Myanmar's ruling junta and the deposed civilian government during his two-day working visit to Thailand, leading to concessions between warring factions in the war-torn nation.

Analysts described it as a rare outreach effort, as the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) continues to ostracise Yangon following Myanmar's military coup in 2021, which deposed an elected civilian government and sparked a civil war.

What was the meeting about?

Putrajaya supported the call to bar the ruling generals from Asean meetings after Yangon was accused of shunning the bloc's peace plan. However, a powerful earthquake that struck Myanmar on M...