PUTRAJAYA, Oct 3 — Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will make a three-day official visit to Malaysia from Friday, at the invitation of his counterpart Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman said Harper’s first visit to Malaysia in his capacity as prime minister would certainly help elevate Malaysia’s relations with Canada.
“Both prime ministers are expected to have a bilateral meeting on various bilateral cooperations, focusing on trade and investment in the oil and gas fields as well as agriculture, plantation and transportation sectors,” he said.
Briefing the media ahead of the visit here yesterday, Anifah noted that the bilateral focus between Malaysia and Canada had shifted from being product-oriented to bilateral investment-based relations, with investments from both sides on the increase in recent years.
The minister further said that the visit also envisaged to further enhance cooperation in the fields of security and military, finance-related matters and private sector engagements.
The last Canadian prime minister to visit Malaysia was Jean Chretien who attended the Apec Summit in Kuala Lumpur in 1998. The last high-level visit from Malaysia was by former Malaysia’s King Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, in 2010. – Bernama
(Source: http://www.themalaymailonline.com)
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