Anwar in Kazakhstan, second stop of his Central Asia visit

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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim held a bilateral meeting with Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to discuss further strengthening cooperation between Malaysia and Kazakhstan after his arrival in Astana on Thursday (May 16).  Read more at https://shorturl.at/cmBFJ  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim arrived in Kazakhstan on Thursday for the second stop

00:10 of his official visit to Central Asia.

00:13 Anwar will be in the country for two days to further strengthen the relationship between

00:16 Malaysia and Kazakhstan.

00:18 The bilateral cooperation with Kazakhstan, which was first forged in March 1992, covers

00:24 trade, investment, higher education, tourism and halal industry.

00:30 Anwar visited the Astana Grand Mosque for his first program of the day.

00:39 During the 20-minute visit, Anwar joined the congregation in prayers and was briefed on

00:44 the construction of the mosque, which can accommodate some 235,000 worshippers.

00:56 After a welcoming ceremony at the President's Palace, Anwar held a bilateral meeting with

01:00 Kazakhstan's President Kasym-Jomart Tokayev, followed by a dinner banquet hosted by Tokayev.

01:07 Anwar will also deliver a keynote address at a roundtable session on trade and investment

01:11 cooperation between Malaysia and Kazakhstan.

01:14 Anwar was in Kyrgyzstan before arriving in Kazakhstan.

01:18 He will wrap up his Central Asia visit in Uzbekistan before returning to Malaysia on

01:24 Sunday.

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