PM makes a stopover at Malaysia to greet the leader; announces 14 B2B, B2G agreements
Continuing on his three-nation tour, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met his Malaysian counterpart Mahathir Mohamad. It was Modi's second-leg of the trip that he shoehorned in to ensure that meeting between him and the newly-elected 92-year-old leader takes place, before jetting off to Singapore. The two leaders exchanged views on strengthening the relationship between both countries, including economic and cultural connect. Modi met Mahathir at his office in Perdana Putra Complex in Putrajaya.
"Glad to have met Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. I thank him for the warm welcome. We had productive discussions on further cementing India-Malaysia ties," Modi tweeted.
What makes this meeting important is that Modi is among the first world leaders to meet Mohamad, the world's oldest elected leader when his opposition alliance registered a stunning victory over the Barisan Nasional Coalition that has ruled the country since the 1950s. Modi had last visited Malaysia in November 2015. The trade between India and Malaysia stands at 15.44 billion US dollars.
During his brief stopover, Modi also met with Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and her husband Anwar Ibrahim. "Good discussion took place to take our relationship to newer heights,"MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted.
Modi then dropped anchor in Singapore where he will deliver a keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual security meet on Friday. After his arrival, Modi met young entrepreneurs in the city. Two of them were from his home state Gujarat, part of the Atal Tinkering Lab policy initiative of the government. Technologies related to artificial intelligence, data analytics, machine learning and cyber security were also demonstrated to the Prime Minister.
Modi is also expected to visit Little India and visit a temple, mosque and a church in one go.
In Singapore, later in the day, Modi launched RuPay, Bhim App and UPI enabled remittance App by the State Bank of India, Singapore. In his community event address, Modi said that Indian diaspora in Singapore represents diversity of India.
JAM-PACKED DAY
In Singapore, later in the day, Modi launched RuPay, Bhim App and UPI enabled remittance App by the State Bank of India, Singapore.
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