Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today confirmed what former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim had said earlier about their meeting over Hari Raya - that they did not discuss politics.

"Anwar came to Kepala Batas to attend my open house (in Kepala Batas on Monday) and when I met him, we did not discuss politics," Abdullah said when asked whether they had touched on political matters.

Bernama carried a report of the prime minister's press conference at "Rumah Malaysia" in Santiago, Chile after he attended an open house there on Friday.

Health and treatment

Abdullah, who is in Santiago to attend the Apec (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) meeting, said: "I merely asked about his (Anwar's) health and how was the treatment he had in Germany.

"I also asked about his father and father-in-law...that's all," he said.

Asked when was the last time they met, Abdullah said it was during the last Cabinet meeting before Anwar was sacked.

When Anwar was sacked on Sept 2, 1998, Abdullah said he was in Durban, South Africa attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

Some 80,000 people including Anwar attended Abdullah's Hari Raya open house at the Dewan Millennium in Kepala Batas on Nov 15.