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Malaysia's newly appointed peace talks facilitator, Lt. Gen. Dato' Ahmad Norihan bin Jala, visited Bangkok on November 11 to meet with senior Thai officials regarding the southern insurgency. He held discussions with the head of Thailand's peace talks delegation, Thana Suwannanont, and later met privately with former Parliament President Wan Muhamad Noor Matha. Further talks are scheduled with Deputy Prime Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow and National Security Council chief Gen. Chaiyapruk Didyasarin to address escalating violence spreading beyond the three southernmost provinces.

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Malaysia's peace talks facilitator visited Thailand and met with Wan Noor and the peace council to discuss Deputy Prime Minister Sihasak and NSC Secretary General Chaiyapruk advancing efforts to quell southern violence. At 10:50 AM on November 11, 2026, at Government House, reporters noted that Lt. Gen. Dato' Ahmad Norihan bin Jala, Malaysia's newly appointed peace talks facilitator, arrived at Government House and held talks with Thana Suwannanont, head of the southern border peace talks delegation, during his visit to Thailand following his appointment, to advance southern border peace talks. Subsequently, Lt. Gen. Dato' Ahmad proceeded to Building 2, Government House, to hold private talks with Wan Muhamad Noor Matha, Chairman of the Prime Minister's Advisory Council. Additionally, reports indicate Malaysia's new peace talks facilitator will discuss resolving the violent situation in the southern border provinces with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow and General Chaiyapruk Didyasarin, Secretary-General of the National Security Council (NSC), hoping these talks will advance amid violence spreading beyond the three southern border provinces.

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