While committed to regional issues, Malaysia is tempering expectations for immediate solutions, acknowledging the complexity of both crises Southeast Asian foreign ministers will hold a closed-doors retreat in Malaysia on Sunday,

Foreign ministers of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN at a weekend retreat upheld their decision to bar Myanmar’s ruling generals from their summits and limit the country's participation to a non-political level,

Southeast Asian foreign ministers met this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and territorial disputes in the South China Sea