Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia call for end of Gaza fighting

Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia on Saturday called for a durable and sustained humanitarian truce to the fighting between Israel and armed Palestinian groups in Gaza.

The countries issued their statement during a meeting of leaders from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec).

The Apec forum, which includes Russia, China, and the US, did not mention the conflict in its final joint communique. Rather a separate statement noted that the forum had “exchanged views on the ongoing crisis in Gaza”.