Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and ...

At the Asean Foreign Ministers’ Retreat in Langkawi on Sunday, Malaysia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamad Hasan said that Myanmar’s military government should focus on restoring peace ...

“Malaysia wants to know what Myanmar has in mind,” Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said. “We said the election has to be inclusive. The election cannot be in isolation, it has to involve all ...

Separately, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has appointed Malaysian diplomat Othman Hashim as special envoy to Myanmar. Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan announced Othman ...

The bloc says that any poll must be “inclusive,” but it has limited power to deter the junta from its election plans.

Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said Myanmar — represented by a low-level Foreign Ministry official after its junta leaders were barred from formal ASEAN meetings — briefed the ...

“We should carve Myanmar out for now ... Malaysia's Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan (left) waves to members of the media after the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat in Langkawi, Malaysia, Jan ...

Southeast Asian nations have told Myanmar’s military government its plan to hold an election amid an escalating civil war should not be its priority, urging it to start dialogue and end ...

The Myanmar military seized power in February 2021 ... But we told them that election is not a priority at the moment,” Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan told reporters after the meeting of ...