Anwar Meets Modi At BRICS Summit In Rio De Janeiro
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 6 (Bernama) -- Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, met in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday (Monday in Malaysia).
They last met during the 21st ASEAN-India Summit in Laos last year.
Anwar was accompanied by Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz at the meeting, while India's Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar was also present.
Malaysia is India's third-largest trading partner in ASEAN, with total trade valued at USD20.02 billion in 2023-2024, accounting for approximately 17 per cent of India's total trade with ASEAN
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