King grants audience to China's NPC standing committee chief Zhao Leji

Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah received a courtesy call from China’s 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) standing committee chairman Zhao Leji (fourth from right) and his delegation at Istana Negara on Friday (May 19) Also present during the courtesy call was Foreign Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir (third from left) and Dewan Rakyat speaker Datuk Johari Abdul (fourth from left). - Photo: Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah granted an audience on Friday (May 19) to China’s 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) standing committee chairman Zhao Leji and his delegation at Istana Negara here.

Zhao, who led an eight-member delegation, arrived at 3pm and spent about 30 minutes meeting the King.

Members of the delegation included China Vice-Foreign Minister Deng Li, NPC standing committee secretary-general Liu Qi; NPC Financial and Economic Affairs Committee chairman Zhong Shan; and Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia Ouyang Yujing.

Also present were Foreign Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, Dewan Rakyat speaker Datuk Johari Abdul and Foreign Ministry’s deputy secretary-general for Bilateral Affairs, Datuk Norman Muhamad.

Zhao, who is on a three-day working visit to Malaysia until Saturday (May 20), visited Johari at Parliament on Thursday (May 18) and will also be meeting Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim later Friday.

He will also travel to Melaka, which includes visits to Jonker Walk, Baba & Nyonya Heritage Museum and Melaka Strait before departing to Beijing on Saturday.

Malaysia is Zhao’s last stop in a three-country tour after Morroco and Senegal. - Bernama