This partnership began with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stopover in Malaysia in 2015, and the existing stopover marks a new step in strengthening ties between the two nations.
MoS MEA Singh paid an official visit to Malaysia from November 30 to December 2, informed the Ministry of External Affairs in an official release.
During his visit, MoS Singh participated in high-level talks with Malaysian ministers, focusing on a wide range of issues aimed at strengthening mutual cooperation in spaces such as trade, defense, generation, and cultural exchanges.
During the visit, the Ministry of Health visited V Sivakumar, Minister of Human Resources of Malaysia. He also held bilateral meetings with Datuk Mohamad bin Alamin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, Dato’ Haji Mohammad Yusof bin Apdal, Deputy Minister of Higher Education of Malaysia and Senator Saraswathy Kandasami, Deputy Minister of Progress of Traders and Cooperatives of Malaysia. Said the MEA press.
They deepened the agreements reached between Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and Foreign Minister Zambry Abd Kadir of Malaysia at the sixth assembly of the India-Malaysia Joint Commission held recently in New Delhi.
On December 1, MoS Singh, together with Senator Saraswathy Kandasami, Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives of Malaysia and Balvantsinh Rajput, Minister of Industries, Micro, Small and Medium Industries, Handicrafts, Khadi and Rural Industries, and Civil Aviation, Government of Gujarat, attended the opening of the first International Summit and Trade Expo of the World Organization of Indigenous Peoples (GOPIO), he also said.
MoS Singh and Minister Sivakumar also participated in the GOPIO International Business Excellence Awards ceremony on December 2. The event recognised successful businesses led by members of the Indian diaspora from Malaysia and other countries. He also interacted with the office-bearers of GOPIO Malaysia and GOPIO International and discussed issues of interest to PIOs.
The MoS attended ‘Bhakti: The Musical’, a cultural programme at the Temple of Fine Arts, Kuala Lumpur. The event was organised by the High Commission of India (HCI) in Kuala Lumpur as part of ‘Promotion of Cultural Ties with Diaspora (PCTD) Scheme’ of the Ministry of External Affairs & Indian Council for Cultural Relations. It highlighted the compositions of great saints of Bhakti movement in India, it added.
Singh inaugurated the Indian Worker Resource Center (IWRC) at HCI. The center will host activities similar to IndianArray’s wellness activities. He also interacted with an Indian organization in Malaysia.
He also filmed the story of Selangor Padang, where Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose gave an inspirational speech to another 60,000 people in September 1943. He congratulated the veterans of the Indian National Army (INA). He also filmed the iconic Torana Gate in Kuala Lumpur. a symbol of the enduring friendship between India and Malaysia.
The scale of the Ministry of Health in Malaysia contributed to strengthening cooperation under the enhanced strategic partnership between India and Malaysia established by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s stopover in Malaysia in 2015, the MEA said. (AND I)