Myanmar's ruling military on Wednesday stood by its decision to deny a Southeast Asian envoy access to Aung San Suu Kyi, resisting growing international pressure to comply with a regional peace plan agreed in April, Reuters reported.

Vice-Senior General Soe Win, the second in command of the junta that seized power from Suu Kyi's elected government in February, said allowing a foreigner access to someone charged with crimes was against domestic law.

His remarks follow last week's virtual Asian leader summit hosted by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which Myanmar did not attend, in protest at junta leader Min Aung Hlaing's exclusion for not honouring the peace deal.