WORKING VISIT OF YB DATO’ SERI HISHAMMUDDIN TUN HUSSEIN, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF MALAYSIA TO TURKEY AND EGYPT 17-21 JUNE 2021
A. ANTALYA DIPLOMACY FORUM
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, YB Dato’ Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, will be leading the Malaysian delegation to the inaugural Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Antalya, Turkey on 18-19 June 2021. The Forum will be officiated by the President of the Republic of Turkey, His Excellency Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
The Antalya Diplomacy Forum will explore the horizons of diplomacy across a range of key regional, global and thematic issues under the theme of “Innovative Diplomacy: New Era, New Approaches”. The Forum will be attended by leaders from more than 43 countries as well as policy-makers, diplomats and academics from all over the world.
YB Dato’ Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein will be a panelist for the session on “Regional Cooperation in Asia”. The Foreign Minister is also scheduled to have bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the Forum with His Excellency Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Foreign Minister of Turkey, and His Excellency Riad Malki, Foreign Minister of Palestine.
B. WORKING VISIT TO EGYPT
The Foreign Minister will proceed with his visit to Arab Republic of Egypt on 20-21 June 2021. This will be his first visit to Egypt since his appointment on 10 March 2020. The Foreign Minister is scheduled to pay a courtesy call on His Excellency Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, President of Arab Republic of Egypt, and will also hold a bilateral meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, His Excellency Sameh Hassan Shoukry. He will also have an engagement with the Chairman of the Suez Canal Special Economic Zone (SCZone).
Malaysia and Egypt enjoy close and vibrant relations, buoyed by substantive cooperation notably in the areas of trade, investment, education, tourism and religious affairs. Egypt is Malaysia’s largest trading partner in North Africa. These engagements will further augment the turning point for reinvigoration of relations between Malaysia and Egypt.
The working visits will be subjected to strict COVID-19 preventative standard operating procedure (SOP) as agreed upon by the Ministry of Health (MOH), National Security Council (NSC) as well as the relevant authorities of Turkey and Egypt.
PUTRAJAYA
17 JUNE 2021