Malaysia, India elevating ties to comprehensive strategic partnership, says Anwar

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Malaysia and India have agreed to elevate their relationship from an Enhanced Strategic Partnership (ESP) to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP), says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.  Anwar, who is on a three-day official visit to India (beginning Aug 19), said the mutual decision to enhance the relationship with CSP marked a significant step forward.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/1q5gK  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said Malaysia and India have agreed to elevate their relationship

00:06from an enhanced strategic partnership to a comprehensive strategic partnership.

00:11Anwar, who is on a three-day official visit to India beginning August 19,

00:16said the mutual decision to enhance the relationship with comprehensive strategic partnership

00:22marked a significant step forward.

00:24The prime minister acknowledged the long-standing ties between Malaysia and India

00:29and stressed the importance of further strengthening these relations across multiple areas among others,

00:35including digital investments, trade, construction, agriculture, education, research and military collaboration.

00:43And as I've said to him personally and to the colleagues, he's franchise sincere,

00:51not only when I'm prime minister, but when I was just nobody, he was very kind, as a true friend.

00:59And that, of course, is most meaningful to me and my delegation and to the country.

01:06And that makes all our deliberations and discussions rather easy.

01:12We have agreed to enhance further and make it a comprehensive strategic partnership.

01:19Yes, Malaysia and India, from the days of Jawaharlal Nehru and to Governor Rahman,

01:26have established good relations.

01:28But we realise, under our generation, that this must be further strengthened in a multitude of areas.

01:37Anwar said this at a joint press conference with his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, at Hyderabad House on Tuesday.

01:44Meanwhile, Anwar expressed his gratitude to Modi and the Indian government for their warm hospitality

01:50and affirmed that Malaysia considers India a great and true friend.

01:54So, firstly, I thank you, Prime Minister, and the Indian government for the splendid hospitality

02:06accorded to us and the delegation, and more so to consider Malaysia a great and true friend.

02:15And I must give you this assurance that it is reciprocal

02:20and we will reinvigorate this sort of working relations in all fields.

02:25We discussed, frankly, in the bilateral meetings and also in the private conversations,

02:32without or no holds barred, we discussed as true brothers on all issues, sensitive or unlikewise,

02:42because this is the true meaning of friendship.

02:46I personally believe, and I have said this to Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji,

02:52that there are so many areas that we need to explore further.

02:58He said his discussions with Modi, both in bilateral meetings and private conversations, were open and frank.

03:05Anwar has also assured that Malaysia would remain committed

03:09to reinvigorating these working relations in all fields.

03:13We have initiated a lot of new programmes and we would hope that Indian companies,

03:20with Malaysian companies, collaborate further in all fields,

03:25including the new challenging areas like energy transition, digitalisation and also food security.

03:34Earlier, Malaysia and India also solidified their bilateral relations

03:39with the exchange of eight Memorandums of Understanding,

03:42including worker recruitment, traditional medicine, digital technologies,

03:47culture, tourism and public administration.

03:51These agreements are expected to further strengthen the strategic partnership between the two nations,

03:57promoting cooperation across various fields

04:00and creating new opportunities for mutual growth and development.

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