缅甸的强人总统敏昂莱换下军装后便开始四处寻求国际合法性。目前他正在马来西亚，这也是他此行的第九站。
Guess Where’s Next on an Autocrat’s Global Tour After trading his military uniform for civilian clothes, Myanmar’s strongman president, U Min Aung Hlaing, is in Malaysia, his ninth stop on a search for international legitimacy.
过去几个月里，他先后访问了俄罗斯、中国、印度、白俄罗斯、柬埔寨、越南、泰国和老挝。
Over the past few months, he has gallivanted to Russia, China, India, Belarus, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and Laos.
如今，作为世界上最专制的领导人之一，敏昂莱受到了马来西亚的热情接待，并于周四会见了该国总理安瓦尔·易卜拉欣。
Now, the leader of one of the world’s most repressive governments, U Min Aung Hlaing of Myanmar, is being feted by Malaysia, where he met on Thursday with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
此次会晤中，双方探讨了如何将滞留在马来西亚的缅甸难民遣返回国，以及如何在饱受战乱之苦的缅甸开展投资合作。这充分体现了敏昂莱形象上的显著转变。
The summit, in which the two sides discussed the repatriation of Myanmar asylum-seekers in Malaysia and investment opportunities in a war-torn Myanmar, was the latest sign of a remarkable makeover for Mr. Min Aung Hlaing.
五年前，他发动军事政变，导致缅甸陷入全面内战，也使该国被国际社会所孤立。今年初，他换下军装并出任总统，此后便不断获得国际认可。
Five years ago, he presided over a military coup that plunged Myanmar into full-blown civil war and made the Southeast Asian nation a global outcast. But after trading his military uniform for civilian clothes earlier this year, the onetime junta leader has been basking in international recognition.
周四，安瓦尔总理在公开讲话中并未对敏昂莱统治下的暴政发表任何批评之词。
In public remarks on Thursday, Mr. Anwar declined to utter a single critical word about the reign of terror unleashed under Mr. Min Aung Hlaing’s rule.
安瓦尔称：“我们两国长期保持着良好关系，但近期发生的一些事件多少阻碍了这种发展势头。因此，我们当然希望进一步加强双方的合作。”这番话委婉地提及了政变及其带来的惨重后果。自就任总统以来，敏昂莱已访问了五个东盟成员国。
“Now we have had excellent relations for a long time, but of course, recent developments have somewhat blocked that sort of progress, so I think our interest is, of course, to enhance this collaboration,” Mr. Anwar said, in a delicate description of the coup and its deadly aftermath. Since taking the presidential post, Mr. Min Aung Hlaing has traveled to five countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN.
不过据缅甸问题观察人士指出，他目前仍被正式禁止参加东盟峰会——而这正是他梦寐以求的国际认可。
But he is still officially banned from attending its summits, an international affirmation that he craves, Myanmar observers say.