
US president Donald Trump has not set any conditions for him to attend the Asean Summit in Kuala Lumpur later this month, says investment, trade and industry minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz.
Tengku Zafrul said that according to Putrajaya’s understanding, the American leader has imposed no conditions at all, Singapore’s The Straits Times reported.
“No, we are not aware (of this),” he said, adding that the matter was not raised during a video call with a deputy US trade representative on Oct 7.
This follows a report by Politico quoting sources as saying that Trump wanted to preside over a ceremonial signing of a peace agreement between Thailand and Cambodia during the summit.
The report also claimed that Trump had explicitly requested that Chinese officials be excluded from the…