Lee and Anwar discuss FTA, expanding South Korea-Malaysia cooperation, reports Yonhap


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SEOUL (Bernama-Yonhap): South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Malaysian Prime Minister  Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim agreed Monday to work together to expand bilateral cooperation in a "mutually beneficial and substantive" manner, including efforts to conclude a free trade pact, the presidential office said.

According to Yonhap news agency both leaders reached the understanding during their first phone talks earlier in the day, expressing hopes to further advance the strategic partnership between South Korea and the South-East Asian nation, presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung told reporters.

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