World’s oldest and youngest leaders meet


Welcome to Austria: Dr Mahathir with Kurz at the Federal Chancellery In Vienna. The two leaders exchanged views in strengthening trade ties. — Bernama

VIENNA: The meeting between Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has created history as a meeting between the oldest and youngest leaders in the world.

The Prime Minister, 93, is in Vienna after his last visit here in 1985.

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