Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim arrived in India on his first go to because the prime minister on Sunday. Ibrahim, who landed in New Delhi on a three-day go to, was acquired by Minister of State V Somanna.
The Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) stated Ibrahim’s go to will pave approach for charting a multi-sectoral cooperation agenda between the 2 nations.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will maintain wide-ranging talks together with his Malaysian counterpart on Tuesday following which each side are anticipated to signal a lot of agreements together with one on recruitment of Indian staff.
The choice to ink a pact on recruitment of Indian staff assumes significance as unlawful immigration and human trafficking from India to Malaysia are amongst main issues of the 2 governments.
On August 20, Ibrahim will obtain a ceremonial welcome on the Forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan and can go to the Raj Ghat to pay tributes to Mahatma Gandhi.
Following this, he’ll maintain talks with Prime Minister Modi. PM Modi will host a luncheon for the Malaysian chief, in accordance with the MEA. Later within the day, Ibrahim is scheduled to name on President Droupadi Murmu.
“India and Malaysia have sturdy historic and socio-cultural linkages. Our bilateral relationship was elevated to the standing of Enhanced Strategic Partnership in 2015 throughout the go to of Prime Minister Modi,” the MEA stated in a press release.
“As each nations enter the second decade of enhanced strategic partnership subsequent yr, the go to of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim would pave the way in which for additional strengthening of India-Malaysia bilateral ties by charting out a multi-sectoral cooperation agenda for the longer term,” it stated.
The general ties between the 2 nations have been on an upswing in the previous few years.
India’s defence relations with Malaysia have gained momentum in recent times. The MoU on defence cooperation, signed in 1993, is the cornerstone of defence relations between the 2 nations.
In July final yr, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited Kuala Lumpur throughout which each side accredited an modification within the memorandum of understanding on India-Malaysia defence cooperation signed in 1993.
The defence ministry had stated that the modification will act as an “enabler” to increase bilateral defence cooperation within the areas of mutual curiosity.
The commerce ties between the 2 nations are additionally on an upward trajectory. Malaysia is India’s thirteenth largest commerce companion and India is amongst Malaysia’s 10 greatest commerce companions.
The 2-way commerce quantity was round USD 20 billion in 2022-23. Each side are set to ink a number of pacts throughout Prime Minister Ibrahim’s go to to New Delhi.
India and Malaysia are within the technique of firming up a framework for conducting commerce in nationwide currencies as effectively.
The 2 sides are additionally initiating a course of to evaluation the 12-year-old complete financial cooperation settlement to incorporate new domains and objects.