Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak held talks with his British counterpart David Cameron at Malaysia’s administrative capital today in conjunction with the latter’s one-day working visit to Malaysia.
Welcoming Cameron at the Perdana Square at 4.45pm, Najib shook hands with his counterpart and allowed him to have a quick view of the scenery surrounding his office.
Both leaders later proceeded to Najib’s office where Cameron signed the guest book after which the two leaders had a 30-minute four-eyed meeting.
The two premiers later held a 30-minute delegation meeting attended by Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Foreign Minister Anifah Aman, Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, Higher Education Minister Idris Jusoh, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Abdul Wahid Omar and chief secretary to the government Ali Hamsa.
The British delegation included Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Sajid Javid; Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Lord Francis Maude; Minister of State for Defence Procurement, Philip Dunne; Asean Trade Envoy, Richard Graham and British High Commissioner to Malaysia Victoria Marguerite Treadell.
The British prime minister is on a one-day working visit to Malaysia as part of his four-nation visit to South-East Asia namely Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia to boost United Kingdom’s (UK) trade and investment.
The Foreign Ministry in a statement yesterday said that Cameron’s visit manifested the close and cordial ties between Malaysia and the UK.
According to the statement, both leaders would take stock of bilateral relations including in the areas of trade and investment, education and defence as well as cooperation within the framework of the Commonwealth and the United Nations.
Cameron is the first British Prime Minister to visit Malaysia in two successive terms. His previous visit was in April 2012.
According to www.gov.uk website, the British Prime Minister was joined by 31 representatives from businesses from every region of the UK throughout his South-East Asia visit this time.
- Bernama
