Southeast Asian foreign ministers told Myanmar's junta to prioritise a ceasefire in its civil war over fresh elections during a meeting in Malaysia on Sunday

Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan during a bilateral meeting with Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Sugiono on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMM) at the Langkawi International Convention Centre (LICC) today.

Southeast Asian nations told Myanmar's military government on Sunday its plan to hold an election amid an escalating civil war should not be its priority, urging the junta to start dialogue and end hostilities immediately.

Southeast Asian foreign ministers told Myanmar’s junta to prioritise a ceasefire in its civil war over fresh elections during a meeting in Malaysia

LANGKAWI, Malaysia, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will close ranks to ensure that trade and economic cooperation among them proceed unhindered in the face of geopolitical tensions and other disruptions, Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said here on Sunday.

Myanmar has been in turmoil since 2021 when its military overthrew the government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

LANGKAWI, Jan 19 (Bernama) -- Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan on Saturday reaffirmed that ASEAN will continue to drive its own path forward amid intensifying superpower competition in the region. With a highly geo-strategic position, cultural versatility, and economic weight, he said Southeast Asia holds massive potential.

He said this when opening the Asean Foreign Ministers’ (AMM) Retreat in Langkawi today. “Our diversity of economic strengths and capabilities, coupled with Asean’s involvement in free trade agreements like the...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers on Sunday welcomed the latest ceasefire plan and

Retreat under Malaysia’s chairmanship concluded here today with an advice to Myanmar, a progress evaluation of the

Malaysia's Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan, left, waves to members of the media after the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Retreat in Langkawi Island, Malaysia, Sunday,

LANGKAWI, Malaysia - Myanmar’s military government was on Jan 19 told by Asean foreign ministers to prioritise an end to the fighting in its country over the holding of an election this year, the bloc’s chair Malaysia said.