Anwar Ibrahim expressed his thanks again to the Saudi Arabian government last night for its invitation to visit the country after just having been appointed as Malaysia’s 10th prime minister.
His official visit to Saudi Arabia, with his delegation from March 22 to 24, was Anwar’s first visit to a non-Asean country since taking over the country’s leadership on Nov 24 last year.
In a Facebook post last night, Anwar shared that bilateral ties between Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, including business, banking and Islamic matters, were very well.
“I believe cooperation between both countries will continue to be strengthened in various fields and benefit our people,” he posted.
During his three-day visit there, the prime minister met with Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) secretary-general Hissein Brahim Taha and Muslim World League (MWL) secretary-general Sheikh Dr Mohammad Abdulkarim Al-Issa.
Anwar also managed to meet with the Saudi Arabian business community at the Islamic Development Bank headquarters and witnessed three agreements involving Malaysian and Saudi Arabian companies.
He and his delegation also managed to perform the umrah in Mecca and visited Medinah, while breaking fast with Malaysians living in both cities along with Jeddah.
Saudi Arabia was the biggest trading partner, third-largest export destination and biggest importer for Malaysia in the Middle East region with a total two-way trade volume of RM45.52 billion (US$10.26 billion) in 2022, a 159.2 percent increase compared to the previous year.
From that total, Malaysia’s exports to the country rose by 43.8 percent to RM7.28 billion (US$1.66 billion), while imports from the country rose by 205.8 percent to RM38.24 billion (US$8.60 billion).
- Bernama
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