Romualdez meets Malaysian counterpart to boost interparliamentary ties

Manila Bulletin

House Speaker Martin Romualdez and his Malaysian counterpart met in Manila on Tuesday, Jan. 28, as both legislators reaffirmed the connection--particularly the inter-parliamentary relations--between the two neighboring countries.  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/1/28/romualdez-meets-malaysian-counterpart-to-boost-interparliamentary-ties  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manilabulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00Good afternoon to our most honored guest today, my dear brother, of course, Tansiri Datu Jawari bin Abdul,

00:18to, of course, His Excellency, my good friend also, Datu Abdul Malik Melvin Asselino,

00:26and of course, oh, our other fellow member of Parliament,

00:30the Honorable Datu Maud Islam bin Haji Maud,

00:34of course, the Senior Private Secretary Ahmad Farhan bin Maud Khalid,

00:41and the Counsellor, Ms. Nadira Muhammad Zanuddin, and the Embassy staff,

00:45we all welcome you to our Congress, the National Assembly, known as the Batasan Pambansa.

00:53Such an honor to receive you here, your second home in the ASEAN.

01:00I wish that you have a good trip, a successful trip, a most productive trip,

01:08so that we could have this exchange, this interchange,

01:12because I think this year is very auspicious for Malaysia, for ASEAN, and for Philippine-Malaysian relations.

01:22I've just arrived from a trip in Davos, Switzerland,

01:26where I had the honor and the pleasure to meet with your Prime Minister, Ibrahim Hanwar,

01:31at the Davos World Economic Forum.

01:34We had exchanges there, and I said that we will be seeing each other very soon as I return.

01:41And as we are back now, here in Manila, we wish to celebrate your visit.

01:48First of all, Excellency, welcome home.

01:51You are from abroad, I know. You look tired, but very cheerful.

01:56I believe it was a successful meeting in Davos.

02:01And the reasons why I'm here, as I promised you when you were in Vientiane,

02:07that I'll come personally to bring a letter of invitation to the GA of IPAR,

02:16which will happen in Kuala Lumpur in September.

02:22And I said I would not send just email or letter or card.

02:28I will personally come and see the great leader here.

02:35We were friends for years, and I guess there's so much to talk about.

02:41And as you said, rightly, that we are getting closer and closer.

02:46There are so many things that we can cooperate.

02:49There are so many things that we can do together.

02:52In fact, I've been telling my ambassador, please invite more Malaysians to invest in the Philippines

02:59so that we can have this kind of relationship growing stronger and stronger.

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