- PM Anwar Ibrahim will go to Pakistan from 2-4 October.
- He’s endeavor go to on the invitation of PM Shehbaz.
- Two sides to debate regional and world developments.
Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim, together with a high-level delegation, will arrive in Pakistan on Wednesday for a three-day official go to, the Overseas Workplace mentioned in a press release on Monday.
In the course of the go to, PM Ibrahim will maintain conferences with Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and different leaders.
“The 2 sides will focus on a wide-ranging agenda to additional strengthen Pakistan-Malaysia ties in various fields together with commerce, connectivity, vitality, agriculture, halal trade, tourism, cultural exchanges and people-to-people contacts.”
FO Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch mentioned that the 2 sides may even focus on regional and world developments.
PM Ibrahim, on the invitation of PM Shehbaz, will undertake an official go to to Pakistan from 2-4 October 2024, she mentioned, including that he can be accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising ministers, deputy ministers and senior officers.
It’s pertinent to say right here that Pakistan and Malaysia get pleasure from sturdy bilateral ties anchored in historical past, tradition and religion. This go to supplies an vital alternative to additional strengthen Pakistan-Malaysia relations, FO spokesperson added.
Malaysia seeks industrial cooperation
Final month, Syafik Firdaus Hasbullah, Deputy Head of Mission for Malaysia, referred to as for elevated cooperation between Pakistan and Malaysia in defence and safety, science and expertise, renewable vitality and local weather change moreover schooling, tradition and other people to folks contact.
Hasbullah made the remarks whereas addressing an occasion organised right here by Institute of Regional Research (IRS). Hasbullah famous that Malaysian exports to Pakistan primarily centered on the agricultural sector, textiles and chemical merchandise, with much less emphasis on high-tech industrial cooperation.
Whereas figuring out the core areas of cooperation between the 2 international locations, he pressured the necessity for enhancing the standard of merchandise to fulfill the aggressive calls for.
He noticed that the Malaysian authorities was ready to help Pakistan in enhancing the standard of its items, together with offering coaching and steerage to Pakistani businesspersons by way of the Malaysian Technological Cooperation Program (MTCP).
He particularly talked about that for the reason that institution of MTCP in 1980, greater than 700 folks from Pakistan benefitted from its programs which included tourism, anti-corruption, counterterrorism, palm oil trade, Islamic finance, technical coaching and the halal trade, he added.
Throughout his presentation, Mr Hasbullah highlighted the progress within the Pakistan-Malaysia bilateral relationship since its inception in 1957, emphasising cooperation in commerce, funding, tourism, schooling, well being and science and expertise.
He additionally expressed the view that the present bilateral commerce quantity of round $1.78 billion didn’t replicate the sturdy bond between the 2 international locations and its folks, and due to this fact, each international locations must work on excessive tech industrial cooperation between the 2 international locations.