WORKING VISIT OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA YAB DATO’ SERI ANWAR IBRAHIM TO THE 10TH MALAYSIA-SINGAPORE LEADERS’ RETREAT 29-30 OCTOBER 2023
WORKING VISIT OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA
YAB DATO’ SERI ANWAR IBRAHIM TO THE
10TH MALAYSIA-SINGAPORE LEADERS’ RETREAT
29-30 OCTOBER 2023
The Prime Minister of Malaysia, YAB Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim will undertake a Working Visit to Singapore on 29-30 October 2023 in conjunction with the 10th Malaysia-Singapore Leaders’ Retreat. YAB Prime Minister will be accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs, YB Dato’ Seri Diraja Dr. Zambry Abdul Kadir as well as other several Cabinet Ministers and senior government officials.
YAB Prime Minister and his counterpart His Excellency Lee Hsien Loong will deliberate on measures to further advance relations and cooperation, including new initiatives relating to smooth connectivity, cross-border movements as well as collaboration on green energy. Both Leaders will also witness the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the field of entrepreneurship and a side letter to improve provisions of the Third Malaysia-Singapore Business Development Fund (MSBDF). A Leaders’ Joint Statement will be issued after the Retreat.
YAB Prime Minister is also scheduled to pay a courtesy call on His Excellency Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the President of the Republic of Singapore at Istana Singapura.
The Malaysia-Singapore Leaders’ Retreat is the highest level of bilateral mechanism between the two countries, hosted alternately since 2007. The Leaders’ Retreat has been postponed since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be the first meeting between YAB Prime Minister and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in the framework of the Retreat.
Malaysia and Singapore share deep-rooted and multi-faceted ties. In the economic aspect, Malaysia and Singapore are each other's second-largest trading partners, with a total trade value of RM368.19 billion in 2022, reflecting a 37.6 percent increase as compared to the trade value in 2021.
PUTRAJAYA
29 October 2023