Australia seeks to strengthen human ties with Malaysia, says Sabah-born minister


FILE Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, right, talks to New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta at a bilateral meeting in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, June 16, 2022. Wong visited the Solomon Islands on Friday, June 17, 2022, to assure the South Pacific island nation it does not need a security pact with China. (Robert Kitchin/Pool Photo via AP, File)

KUALA LUMPUR: Australia seeks to further enhance its human ties with Malaysia, says its Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong.

Sabah-born Wong, who spent her early years in Kota Kinabalu before moving to Australia at eight, said though Malaysia and Australia were tied together by geography, the human ties of family, business, education and tourism were stronger.

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