Asean should have a ‘full-time’ Myanmar special envoy with added powers, Malaysia’s Saifuddin Abdullah says


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Malaysia will propose an expansion of the powers granted to Asean’s special envoy to Myanmar as the country’s post-coup violence shows no signs of abating, foreign minister Saifuddin Abdullah said on Saturday. Among other things, the proposal may involve making the role – currently filled by Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn – a full-time position with a tenure of more than 12 months. “We, the foreign ministers of Asean, must really put a lot of effort into the idea of strengthening the special envoy,” Saifuddin told reporters on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore. The foreign...