Global affairs – stronger united


Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin attending a special ASEAN Leaders' Meeting on the crisis in Myanmar, chaired by Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah at the Asean Secretariat. 
Also present, Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein (behind, second, right).
 -- Filephoto

In this third and final article to appear in The Star this week, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein gives his opinion on global diplomacy and how the Covid-19 pandemic has shaped international relations.

AS Foreign Minister, I have personally seen how the Covid-19 pandemic has reshaped international diplomacy, whose practices and rituals are centuries-old, more than anything we have seen since World War II.

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