Support from Asean’s external partners, including the United States, is welcomed in implementing the 'Five-Point Consensus' reached by the bloc’s leaders to resolve the crisis in Myanmar, said Foreign Affairs Minister Hishammuddin Hussein.

In his statement at the Asean-United States Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held virtually on Wednesday, he stressed that the consensus reached in Jakarta is an important breakthrough and a means for Asean to engage and assist Myanmar towards a return to normalcy...