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Malaysia lays grounds for Anwar visit to Jakarta
Freshly appointed Malaysian Foreign Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir embarked on his first bilateral trip to Jakarta on Thursday, meeting with his Indonesian counterpart Retno LP Marsudi to prepare for the visit of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim next month.
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reshly appointed Malaysian Foreign Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir embarked on his first bilateral trip to Jakarta on Thursday, meeting with his Indonesian counterpart Retno LP Marsudi to prepare for the visit of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim next month.
The preparatory legwork included discussions on economic cooperation, investment and protection of Indonesian migrant workers, as well as negotiations on maritime and land borders, the two ministers announced.
Upon her meeting with the Malaysian FM, Retno said that the two countries would continue to cooperate economically and settle border disputes for the sake of collective prosperity.
Meanwhile, Zambry said that continued cooperation had never been more important post-COVID-19, citing Indonesia as “Malaysia’s everlasting friend”.
“We both agreed that the door for investments is wide open and that we will increase our efforts for investment and connectivity,” said Retno.
Anwar’s visit at the end of January will likely see an advanced discussion on the Indonesia-Malaysia maritime border or the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), as both ministers implied. Seventeen years after the first negotiations, no conclusions have been reached by the two countries vis-a-vis the borders in the South Malacca Strait and in the Sulawesi Sea.
“We also continued our negotiations on maritime borders, which have been ongoing since 2005. It is of utmost importance that we expedite the negotiations,” said Retno.
