Najib on working visit to Saudi Arabia


KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will make a five-day working visit to Saudi Arabia from today, at the invitation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

The Prime Minister will be accompanied by his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor and senior government officials from the Prime Minister’s Office, a Foreign Ministry statement said.

Najib is scheduled to have an audience with His Majesty King Salman and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Abdulaziz Al Saud in Riyadh.

“They will be discussing and exchanging views on bilateral, multilateral, regional and international issues, particularly the follow-up actions on issues discussed and agreed upon during the historic state visit by King Salman to Malaysia in March last year,” the statement said.

The issues include those related to economic cooperation, investment, haj matters and the establishment of the King Salman Centre for International Peace in Putrajaya. — Bernama

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