Malaysia will not follow US sanctions against 24 Chinese companies, says ambassador


Malaysian Ambassador to China Raja Nushirwan Zainal Abidin. - Global Times

MALAYSIA will not take sides and follow the US and impose sanctions on 24 Chinese companies the US accuses of advancing China's militarization of the South China, Malaysian Ambassador to China Raja Nushirwan Zainal Abidin told the Global Times in a recent exclusive interview.

While tensions are escalating between China and the US over South China Sea issues, and countries in the region are being pressured by the US to pick sides, the diplomat stressed that since the country's independence in 1957, its foreign policy stressed having good relations with all countries, and this continues today.

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