ANWAR INVITES KUWAIT'S CROWN PRINCE TO 2025 ASEAN-GCC SUMMIT IN KUALA LUMPUR
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim held a meeting with His Highness the Crown Prince of the State of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, this afternoon.
During the meeting, Anwar congratulated Kuwait on its upcoming chairmanship of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), beginning in December.
“I also extended an invitation to him to attend the ASEAN-GCC Summit and the ASEAN-GCC+China Summit in Kuala Lumpur in May 2025.
“Malaysia will, of course, steer ASEAN towards strengthening cooperation with Middle Eastern countries,” he said in a Facebook post today.
The meeting between the two leaders took place ahead of the Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit in the Saudi Arabian capital.
Both leaders also expressed a shared commitment to further enhance bilateral relations, particularly in trade and investment.
“I believe that Malaysia-Kuwait relations will continue to be strengthened to greater heights, God willing,” he said.
Anwar arrived in Riyadh from Cairo, Egypt, this morning to attend the Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit.
He is scheduled to return to Cairo to continue a series of planned engagements with Malaysian and Egyptian delegations.
-- BERNAMA
