Malaysia won't compromise on demands for Myanmar progress, says Saifuddin

Malaysia does not want Myanmar's junta chief to attend an upcoming Southeast Asian leaders' summit if he fails to honour his commitment to a peace plan, its foreign minister said on Friday, ahead of a meeting to decide on a regional response.

The minister, Saifuddin Abdullah, said he was informed Erywan Yusof, a special envoy for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), planned to visit Myanmar next week, and the bloc's foreign ministers would hold a virtual meeting on Friday to...