20th Malaysia-Brunei Darussalam annual talks begin

SUBANG, 3 Okt -- Sultan Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah dan Paduka Seri Baginda Raja Isteri (dua,kanan) Pengiran Anak Hajah Saleha (dua,kiri) disambut Menteri Luar Datuk Seri Anifah Aman (kiri) dan Menteri Kesejahteraan Bandar, Perumahan Dan Kerajaan Tempatan Tan Sri Noh Omar (kanan) sejurus tiba di Pangkalan Tentera Udara Subang sempena lawatan kerja baginda selama tiga hari bermula hari ini.--fotoBERNAMA (2016) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

PUTRAJAYA: The 20th Malaysia-Brunei Darussalam Annual Leaders’ Consultation is scheduled for today here.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, will discuss a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues of common concern at the meeting, a Wisma Putra statement said yesterday.

“The Prime Minister looks forward to hosting Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah to build upon the progress made at the 19th Annual Leaders Consultation as well as to reaffirm and deepen the existing close bila­teral partnership between the two countries,” it said.

Najib and his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, are scheduled to host an official luncheon today in honour of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, it added.

The statement said the Annual Leaders Consultation was the most notable high-level event in the bi­­lateral calendar of the two countries.

The consultation is convened alternately between the two countries. The 19th meeting was held in Bandar Seri Begawan on Aug 11, 2015.

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah arrived here yesterday, accompanied by his consort Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha and senior government officials.

They were welcomed by Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman and Urban Well-being, Housing and Local Government Minister Tan Sri Noh Omar, who is the minister-in-attendance.

After alighting from the special aircraft, the sultan inspected a guard-of-honour mounted by two officers and 26 men of the First Battalion Royal Malay Regiment led by Capt Safwan Jaafar. — Bernama