Najib To Further Promote Malaysia-Africa Ties, Trade

DAR ES SALAAM (TANZANIA), June 27 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is expected to further promote Malaysia-Africa ties, investment and trade when he arrives for the Global Smart Partnership Dialogue, here, tomorrow.

Najib will be leading an over 100-member Malaysian delegation including Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Idris Jala and Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa and former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Najib will also be accompanied by his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, apart from a business delegation comprising captains of industry from 28 Malaysian companies.

The premier is scheduled to arrive at the Julius Nyerere International Airport, here, at 10pm tomorrow (Malaysian time: 3am, June 29).

Malaysian High Commissioner to Kenya, Ismail Salam, who is also the Malaysian High Commissioner designate to Tanzania, said Najib would be joining 14 other heads of state/government from African countries at the dialogue to be held at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre, here, named after Tanzania's founding father, on Saturday.

India offers great opportunity for Malaysian businesses: Najib Read more: India offers great opportunity for Malaysian businesses: Najib

NEW DELHI -- India with its population of 1.2 billion people offers a great opportunity for Malaysian businesses, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today.

This is more so with the conclusion of the agreement on services and investment between Asean and India, he said. 

 "We can see India as a country whose economic growth rate has been so rapid. They also expect their growth rate can be raised further with the creation of a middle class with high purchasing power.  

 "So they will definitely look to Malaysia for tourism, education and medical tourism. It is certainly a bigger market for us," Najib told Malaysian journalists at the end of the Asean-India Commemorative Summit 2012 here today. 

 India's economy is expected to grow by 7.3 per cent next year, higher than the 6.5 per cent forecast for 2012. 

 Indian companies can also be invited to invest in Malaysia in sectors where they have the capability, such as pharmaceuticals, bio-technology and manufacturing, he said.