PUTRAJAYA – Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir met his Singaporean counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan yesterday, and both reaffirmed the excellent and longstanding relations between Malaysia and Singapore.
This was also Zambry’s first official meeting with Balakrishnan since the former took office on December 2, 2022. Balakrishnan is in Malaysia for a working visit from Sunday (January 15) to Wednesday (January 18).
Being close neighbours and members of Asean and the Asia Pacific, Zambry said that during the meeting, they stressed the importance of working together to strengthen bilateral cooperation and explore win-win collaborations, including in resolving outstanding issues.
“We are committed in continuing positive engagements through the existing bilateral mechanisms and emphasised on resolving issues harmoniously, and finding amicable solutions to preserve the strong Malaysia-Singapore bilateral relations,” he said in a statement today.
Zambry said they also discussed how the two countries could move forward in bringing the relationship to greater heights.
To this end, they discussed the official visit by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to Singapore scheduled to be held by the end of this month, as well as the proposed state visit by Singapore President Halimah Yacob to Malaysia in March.
Zambry said the meeting underscored the longstanding relations and the ongoing efforts to strengthen existing close ties between Malaysia and Singapore under the new unity government. – Bernama, January 17, 2023
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