Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim today undertook a one-day state visit to neighboring Singapore, his third foreign trip since being appointed to the country’s top political post in November.
The crowded, single-day itinerary began with an official welcome ceremony at the Istana, followed by a courtesy call on President Halimah Yacob and a meeting with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who also hosted an official lunch at the Istana in Anwar’s honor. In a statement yesterday, Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Anwar’s visit “underscores the close and enduring relationship between Singapore and Malaysia, and our peoples.”
During Anwar’s trip, he and Lee signed three agreements, the first two of which were framework agreements outlining cooperation on the digital and green economies between between Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry and Malaysia’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry. The third was a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in personal data protection, cybersecurity, and digital economy, between Singapore’s Ministry of Communications and Information and Malaysia’s Ministry of Communications and Digital. Anwar then held a brief engagement with Singapore’s Malaysian diaspora before departing the country.
Anwar’s visit checks off another state visit to Malaysia’s most proximate neighbors, after visits to Indonesia (January 8-9) and Brunei (January 24-25), with only the Philippines – a nation with which he has a close personal relationship – yet to come.
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