Malaysia to seek ceasefire extension in Myanmar for quake relief efforts to go on


PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia, as Asean chair, will seek an extension of the ceasefire announced by Myanmar's military junta to allow humanitarian efforts in the earthquake-ravaged nation, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

The Prime Minister said he would make this appeal when he meets the junta's senior general Min Aung Hlaing in Bangkok on Friday (April 18).

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