PUTRAJAYA, Oct 11 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim hosted a dinner this evening in conjunction with the working visit of his Thai counterpart Srettha Thavisin, at Seri Perdana.
Srettha and his delegation arrived at the Prime Minister’s official residence at 7.30pm, and were greeted by Anwar.
Also present at the dinner were Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Mohamad Alamin, and the Ambassador of Thailand to Malaysia Lada Phumas.
Earlier today, Anwar and Srettha held a four-eye meeting at Perdana Putra to discuss efforts to improve bilateral relations.
Beforehand, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah granted an audience to Srettha at Istana Negara in Kuala Lumpur.
Srettha is on a two-day working visit to Malaysia starting today, his maiden visit to the country after taking the oath of office as Prime Minister of Thailand on September 5.
Anwar and Srettha had previously met on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, the United States last month.
In 2022, Thailand was Malaysia’s seventh largest trading partner globally and the third largest in Asean, with a trading volume of RM122.03 billion (US$27.75 billion), an increase of 17.9 per cent from RM97.55 billion (US$23.54) in 2021.
— Bernama
