ASEAN: Malaysia FM urges restraint after Pelosi Taiwan visit, pushes to get tough on Myanmar

04 August 2022
ASEAN: Malaysia FM urges restraint after Pelosi Taiwan visit, pushes to get tough on Myanmar

 

Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah urges all sides to tread "very carefully" after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan prompted an enraged China to vow "punishment". Saifuddin Abdullah also adds that the executions of four activists in Myanmar "is like a slap" and "a mockery of the five-point consensus" plan agreed with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Agreed in April last year, the plan calls for an immediate end to violence and dialogue between the army and coup opponents.