PM ends working visit to Vladivostok, cementing Malaysia-Russia ties

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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s two-day working visit to Vladivostok from Sept 4-5 for the Eastern Economic Forum is a major boost for bilateral ties between Malaysia and Russia.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/xi1Bm  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has returned to Malaysia after ending his two-day

00:06working visit to Russia.

00:08Anwar delivered a keynote address and took part in a plenary session at the 9th Eastern

00:13Economic Forum on Thursday, which were well-received by the audience.

00:17He told the audience that as the new ASEAN chair next year, Malaysia will reinforce the

00:22bloc's centrality and explore synergies with regional and key dialogue partners.

00:28He said Malaysia will intensify ASEAN's engagement with sub-regions and partners, including Russia,

00:33to foster economic growth, security cooperation and cultural exchange.

00:39He called on Malaysia and Russia to introduce direct flights between both countries to boost

00:43their economies and exchanges.

00:46The plenary session was also attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Vice

00:51President Han Zheng, and many other foreign dignitaries and captains of the industries

00:56took part in this year's forum.

00:58During their bilateral meeting, Putin extended an invitation to Anwar to participate in the

01:03BRICS summit in Kazan from October 22 to 24, which Anwar accepted.

01:10Anwar also extended an invitation to Putin to attend the 2025 ASEAN summit.

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