PM Anwar play host to Timor-Leste President

12 Dec 2022 03:30pm

PUTRAJAYA, 12 Dis -- Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (kanan) hari ini menerima kunjungan hormat daripada Presiden Republik Demokratik Timor-Leste, Dr. José Ramos-Horta di Seri Perdana. --fotoBERNAMA (2022) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA PUTRAJAYA, Dec 12 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (right) today received a courtesy call from the President of the Democratic of Timor-Leste Dr. José Ramos-Horta at Seri Perdana today. --fotoBERNAMA (2022) COPYRIGHT RESERVED

PUTRAJAYA - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today received a visit from Timor-Leste President Dr José Ramos-Horta at Seri Perdana here.

Ramos-Horta and his delegation arrived in Malaysia yesterday for a special visit to discuss and evaluate the progress of cooperation between the two countries as well as explore new areas of cooperation.

In a meeting that lasted about an hour, Ramos-Horta also congratulated Anwar on his recent appointment as the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Also present at the bilateral meeting were Economy Minister Mohd Rafizi Ramli, Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Mohamad Alamin and Foreign Ministry's deputy secretary-general Datuk Norman Muhamad.

Timor-Leste's director-general for ASEAN Affairs Milena Rangel and Timor-Leste ambassador to Malaysia Joana Veneranda Amaral were also in attendance.

Anwar then hosted lunch for Ramos-Horta and his delegation

Malaysia and Timor-Leste maintain warm and friendly relations which precedes Timor-Leste's independence in 2002.

Malaysia was the first country to set up a Liaison Office in Dili on April 13, 2001 and the first among ASEAN countries to set up an Embassy in Dili on May 19, 2002, and ever since has been actively supporting Timor-Leste in terms of its social, security and economic developments by providing capacity building training courses for its officials through the Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP).