US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah held a joint news conference following their meeting on Tuesday.
Abdullah said he discussed with Blinken steps to improve labor rights. He said US President Joe Biden invited Asean leaders to a summit, invitation to be discussed at group's Jan 19 meeting.
Blinken said US looking "actively" right now at whether actions taken in Myanmar against the Rohingya constitute a genocide.