Myanmar’s foreign ministry said Wisma Putra’s remarks could “abet terrorism and violence in the country”, Al Jazeera reported.

It added this would hamper the Myanmar government’s anti-terrorism efforts and “infringe international agreements related to combatting terrorism”.

Myanmar’s foreign ministry went on to warn Malaysian officials and MPs against making contacts or communicating with the “terrorist groups” and their representatives.

Nor should it provide support and assistance, it said.

It said this in response to foreign minister Saifuddin Abdullah’s proposal on Sunday that Asean could consider an informal engagement with the NUG, especially when it came to humanitarian relief.

Saifuddin had proposed this as there has been no progress for the past year on the implementation of the Asean Five-Point Consensus (5PC) to find a solution to the political stalemate in the country.

He, however, said he was not proposing for Asean to recognise other governments.