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LANGKAWI, Malaysia - Southeast Asian foreign ministers hold a closed-doors retreat in Malaysia on Sunday, as the country hosts its first meeting as chair of the regional bloc ASEAN amid an intensifying civil war in Myanmar and confrontations in the South China Sea .
ASEAN has so far failed to implement a "Five-Point Consensus" peace plan unveiled months after the coup, which prescribes dialogue and an end to hostilities, and it has yet to discuss a common position on the election."Everybody wants to help Myanmar ... engagements have happened and will continue under Malaysia's chairmanship," Amran said.
ASEAN Foreign Ministers Enrique Manalo South China Sea Myanmar West Philippine Sea Malaysia
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