Anwar meets top officials from Shanghai-based New Development Bank
Anwar met the Shanghai-based NDB delegation, led by its president Dilma Rousseff, on the sidelines of the BRICS Leaders' Summit being held here.
NDB is a multilateral development bank established by the BRICS nations.
It currently has 11 members, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Bangladesh, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Algeria, Colombia and Uzbekistan.
Malaysia's participation in the summit is in its capacity as a BRICS partner country and as Asean chair.
Malaysia officially became a BRICS partner country on Jan 1 this year.
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