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King grants audience to S’pore DPM Lawrence Wong

Official says leaders discussed bilateral relations between two countries

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 06 Sep 2022 2:23PM

King grants audience to S’pore DPM Lawrence Wong
Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah (right) welcomes Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong (left) to Istana Negara today to discuss the special bilateral ties between Malaysia and its neighbour Singapore. – Bernama, September 6, 2022

KUALA LUMPUR – Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah today granted an audience to Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong, and his wife Loo Tze Lui at Istana Negara, here.

Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah was also in attendance. 

Comptroller of the Royal Household for Istana Negara Datuk Seri Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin said the meeting with Wong, who is currently on a three-day working visit to Malaysia, lasted 30 minutes starting at 12 noon.

Fadil said in the meeting, the two leaders touched on the special and long-standing close bilateral relations between Malaysia and Singapore.

“His Majesty expressed the view that as neighbouring countries with deep historical and people-to-people ties, Malaysia and Singapore need to continue to work closely in various fields and levels, especially in the recovery phase post-Covid-19,” he said in a statement. – Bernama, September 6, 2022

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