KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is checking with several Asian countries, including China, to know their stand on a potential boycott of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Economic Leaders' Week to be held in San Francisco next month.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said this would allow Malaysia to make its own decision, in line with the decisions of these countries.
"We are still scrutinising it. We are in touch with Asian countries (including) China to know their position.
"We will decide in line with the decision of our friends," he said during the Prime Minister's Question Time (PMTQ) in the Dewan Rakyat.
Anwar was responding to a supplementary question from Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad (PN-Machang), who asked whether Malaysia was planning to boycott Apec as a show of solidarity with Palestine.