ANKARA, Jan 8 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and visiting Malaysian Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, yesterday, attended here the inaugural meeting of the T\u00fcrkiye-Malaysia High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council, pledging to deepen collaboration in defence, trade and other key sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking at a joint press conference after the meeting, Erdogan emphasised a “win-win” approach, saying, “T\u00fcrkiye will continue to assess the joint steps it can take with Malaysia, in the defence industry field.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two leaders also witnessed the signing of bilateral agreements, aimed at expanding cooperation in higher education, investment, export financing, research, shipbuilding, and information and communication technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While recalling his visit to Kuala Lumpur in Feb last year, Erdogan noted that, both countries agreed to establish a cooperation council at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Malaysia is T\u00fcrkiye’s largest trading partner in the ASEAN region, Erdogan said, adding that, the two countries have a free trade agreement in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Within the framework of our ‘Back to Asia’ initiative, announced in 2019, we attach particular importance to our cooperation with regional countries and ASEAN,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For his part, Anwar agreed that bilateral relations should be expanded beyond trade areas, highlighting the defence cooperation between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On international issues, Anwar reaffirmed Malaysia’s support for T\u00fcrkiye’s efforts to address regional and global challenges, particularly the Palestinian issue and the situation in Gaza.– NNN-BERNAMA <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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