Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad in Putrajaya today. 

He arrived at Perdana Putra at 11.35 am and was greeted upon arrival by Mahathir. 

Modi had made a brief stopover in Malaysia to personally extend his best wishes and congratulations to Mahathir on Pakatan Harapan's victory in the 14th general election and Dr Mahathir’s appointment as the prime minister.

This is the first meeting between the two leaders. Modi last visited Malaysia on Nov 23, 2015. 

Modi is also scheduled to meet with Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and her husband Anwar Ibrahim, the de facto leader of PKR.

Wisma Putra said in a statement on Tuesday that the meeting between the leaders of the two countries underlined the fundamental strength of the millennia-old relations between Malaysia and India. 

It said the visit also demonstrated the strong commitment of the two countries to further strengthen the strategic partnership. 

Malaysia and India enjoy close relations through cultural and historical linkages as well as in various key areas, particularly infrastructure development, education, tourism and defence.

India is Malaysia’s largest trading partner in South Asia, with total trade amounting to RM61.43 billion in 2017.

Modi has visited Indonesia and is scheduled to visit Singapore as well.

The visits to Indonesia (from May 29 to 31) and Singapore (May 31 to June 2) are at the invitations of Indonesia's President Joko Widodo and Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, respectively.

- Bernama