KUALA LUMPUR: Cooperation from every Asean country is needed to ensure the Malay language is the region’s lingua franca, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
Ismail said the Malay language has its own uniqueness and advantages and he was confident that it could be made one of the official languages of Asean.
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