Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Douglas Uggah Embas said his ministry sent a letter on Friday to Indonesian Environment Minister Professor Dr Gusti Muhammad Hatta.
He told Bernama that Malaysia believed Indonesia was doing its best to control the situation. "Over the past few years, they improved their responses and efforts to tackle these fires."
Uggah will meet Gusti at the Asean Ministerial Steering Committee meeting in Bangkok next Sunday.
He said the monsoon wind that brought smoke from forest fires in Sumatra caused the haze in Malaysia.
However, he said, the situation was not as bad as it was in 1997 and 2005, when the air pollutant index (API) readings hit record highs.
Asked about Malaysia's proposal for the creation of an Asean rapid fire-fighting squad to tackle haze-related fires, he said the 12th Meeting of Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee on Transboundary Haze Pollution in Bangkok on Sept 22 and 22 would discuss it.
"We will push for this unit because we need quick deployment should a country require help.
"It's not just about sending firefighters to other countries; it's also about them helping us when the situation requires it."
Malaysia sent 1,000 firefighters to help Indonesia tackle forest fires in 1997 and 124 in 2005.
Malaysia declared an emergency in Sarawak in 1997 because of the haze.
In 2005, an emergency was declared in Port Klang and Kuala Selangor when the API eached 500.
Predeep Nambiar reports that the haze remains in the Klang Valley.
The API readings showed Kuala Lumpur as "moderate" (80) while Petaling Jaya and Shah Alam recorded 79 and 72.
Thirty-two areas in the country were "moderate".
The worst affected town outside the Klang Valley was Nilai, with an API reading of 96, just four points shy of the "unhealthy" category. Seremban and Port Dickson had readings of 73 and 76.
The previous day, Nilai recorded a reading of 101, the highest in the nation.
The Meteorological Service Singapore's website said there were more hotspots because of persistent dry conditions in central and southern Sumatra.
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