Kuala Lumpur, May 1 -- Malaysia hosted the ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) and related meetings in Kuala Lumpur on April 29, according to the country's Foreign Ministry.

Three senior official-level meetings were convened, namely the ASEAN SOM, Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ ExCom), and the 18th ASEAN Coordinating Council Working Group on Timor-Leste's Application for ASEAN Membership (ACCWG-TL).

The meetings were chaired by the secretary-general of the Foreign Ministry, Datuk Seri Amran Mohamed Zin, in his capacity as the SOM leader of Malaysia.

As a regional bloc that maintains collaboration on shared interests, all discussions at the ASEAN SOM meetings were centred on ...