Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim, together with a high-level delegation, will land in Pakistan on Wednesday for a three-day official go to.
In an announcement, the International Workplace stated that PM Ibrahim, in the course of the go to, will maintain conferences with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
“The 2 sides will talk about a wide-ranging agenda to additional strengthen Pakistan-Malaysia ties in numerous fields together with commerce, connectivity, power, agriculture, halal trade, tourism, cultural exchanges and people-to-people contacts.”
FO Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch stated that the 2 sides will even talk about 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 stated, 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 robust bilateral ties anchored in historical past, tradition and religion. This go to gives 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 power and local weather change apart from schooling, tradition and folks to individuals 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 nations, he harassed the necessity for enhancing the standard of merchandise to satisfy 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 steering to Pakistani businesspersons via the Malaysian Technological Cooperation Program (MTCP).
He particularly talked about that for the reason that institution of MTCP in 1980, greater than 700 individuals 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 robust bond between the 2 nations and its individuals, and subsequently, each nations must work on excessive tech industrial cooperation between the 2 nations.