This Article is From Nov 23, 2015

PM Narendra Modi, Malaysian Counterpart's Joint Statement: Highlights

Kuala Lumpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a three-day visit to Malaysia, is addressing a joint press conference with his Malaysian counterpart. 

Here are the highlights
  • Thank you Prime Minister Najib for your hospitality
  • Appreciate your gesture of hosting me in the midst of the ASEAN and East Asia Summit
  • Commend the resolve and resilience of people of Malaysia. India's links with Malaysia are very old
  • Let me say how deeply we value our relations with Malaysia. And, we are grateful for your stewardship of this relationship
  • I am particularly grateful to you for our security cooperation which underlines our shared commitment to deal with security challenges.
  • We will work with renewed vigour to raise momentum of our partnership. We will continue to deepen security cooperation
  • We will make defence cooperation stronger. Our agreements on cyber security are very important
  • Our trade and investment relations can be scaled up significantly. Malaysia's competence in infrastructure is well known
  • We are strengthening our excellent cooperation in Public Administration and Governance. NITI AYOG will work with PEMANDU.
  • Malaysian students to study in India and urges early conclusion of an agreement on Mutual Recognition of Degrees
  • Our strategic partnership will go to a new level. Looking forward to welcome PM NajibRazak to India
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