Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday held wide-ranging talks together with his Malaysian counterpart Zambry Abdul Kadir with a concentrate on increasing bilateral cooperation in areas of defence, commerce, funding and power.
The 2 ministers, of their talks on the sixth India-Malaysia Joint Fee Assembly (JCM), additionally deliberated on the present scenario in West Asia, Indo-Pacific and different regional and international problems with mutual curiosity.
The Malaysian international minister arrived in Delhi on Monday on a three-day go to. The JCM came about after a niche of round 12 years.
“You (Malaysia) are immediately a really essential strategic accomplice for us. We’re amongst your prime 10 buying and selling companions and you’re our third largest in ASEAN,” Jaishankar mentioned in his opening remarks on the assembly.
The exterior affairs minister mentioned there may be scope for exploring cooperation in new areas just like the digital area, renewable power, semiconductors and area.
“We have now at all times valued your assist for our bigger relationship with the ASEAN (Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations),” Jaishankar mentioned.
The broad focus of the deliberations was to reinforce the strategic partnership between the 2 international locations.
“Co-chaired together with FM @ZambryOfficial the sixth India-Malaysia Joint Fee Assembly in New Delhi. Reviewed progress on our political, defence and safety, commerce and finance, well being, power, training, maritime cooperation, tradition, tourism and people-to-people cooperation,” Jaishankar mentioned on X.
“Additionally shared views on the Indo-Pacific, ASEAN, West Asia and different regional and international points,” he mentioned.
In his opening remarks on the assembly, Kadir hoped that each side would have the ability to discover extra areas of cooperation for now and sooner or later.
Final week, the MEA mentioned the JCM will evaluate the progress of enhanced strategic partnership within the areas of political, defence, safety, financial, commerce and funding, well being, science and expertise.
The final JCM was held in Kuala Lumpur in 2011.
The Malaysian international ministry on Sunday mentioned each the international ministers may also alternate views on regional and worldwide issues of mutual curiosity.
“The go to is predicted to additional strengthen bilateral relations of the 2 international locations,” it mentioned.
“Certain by sturdy financial partnership and shut people-to-people ties, Malaysia and India share a long-standing and substantive relationship,” it mentioned.
In 2022, India was Malaysia’s eleventh largest buying and selling accomplice with whole commerce amounting to RM86.22 billion ($19.63 billion), a rise of 23.6 per cent in comparison with the recorded worth in 2021.
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