Malaysia PM Anwar enters Thai peace talks with separatist rebels

Leader may help jump-start negotiations in Thailand's troubled south

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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim: "There must be a peaceful and amicable resolution to the conflict." (Source photo by Reuters)

FRANCESCA REGALADO, Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will make his first visit to Thailand next Thursday, officially stepping into decadelong peace negotiations between Bangkok and Thai-Malay separatist rebels along the shared border.

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