Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob met with his counterpart, Hun Sen, and King Norodom Sihamoni during his first visit to Cambodia since becoming Malaysia’s leader last August, with the Myanmar crisis a key subject of discussion, reports AP.

In their talks, Hun Sen and Ismail both endorsed the “five-point plan” that seeks to bring peace to Myanmar and Malaysia fully supported the work of ASEAN’s special envoy on Myanmar, Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, the two countries said in a joint statement.

The two leaders also discussed tensions in the South China Sea and “geopolitical rivalry among major powers,” the statement said. Many ASEAN members strongly dispute China's claim to wide swaths of the South China Sea, but Cambodia, China's closest ally in the region and without claims of its own, has been lukewarm in supporting its fellow members' positions.

Cambodia is the current chair of ASEAN and the government has been active in engaging with the Myanmar junta with the apparent aim to pursue the agreed five-point consensus.

Malaysia and Cambodia have not always seen eye to eye on how Cambodia, as ASEAN chair, is handling the responsibility.