Selangor Journal
(from left to right) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his spouse Yuko Kishida inspected the First Batallion of the Royal Ranger Regiment’s (Ceremonial Infantry) static guard of honour, upon arriving at the Bunga Raya Complex of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, for his two-day working visit to Malaysia, on November 4, 2023. — Picture by BERNAMA

PM Anwar, Kishida hold meeting on strengthening Malaysia Japan ties

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 5 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today received a courtesy call from his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida to discuss cooperation to strengthen bilateral relations.

Kishida who arrived at Seri Perdana at 10am was greeted by Anwar and was introduced to Cabinet ministers present, namely Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli, Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz.

Right after that, the two national leaders started a meeting to assess the progress of bilateral relations, especially in the fields of trade and investment, education, defence, environment and energy security as well as information and communication.

Anwar and Kishida are also expected to exchange views on various regional and international issues of mutual interest, including the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.​

— Bernama

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