Anwar thanks Egypt for backing Malaysia's BRICS application as he kicks off visit

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Malaysia expresses its gratitude to Egypt for supporting its BRICS membership bid, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.  Speaking at a joint press conference with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Sunday (Nov 10), Anwar also highlighted that Malaysia has gained valuable insights from Egypt’s role in the non-aligned movement, viewing Egypt as a prominent advocate for resilience, independence, and neutrality - values aligned with Asean's commitment to centrality.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/47ux39yf  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Shukran jazeeran hadhala doees, Abdel Fattah Sisi, and friends, of course, on behalf of

00:09my delegation, very big delegation, to express our sincere friendship and gratitude to the

00:19wonderful hospitality that you have accorded us.

00:24And we have committed ourselves to enhancing these bilateral relations in trade, investments,

00:31cultural education, scientific research.

00:34And we have started, and thank you for your support with Petronas, and then with Proton,

00:46and your support to us in terms of importing palm oil, and our import of your products,

00:57including food technology.

00:59But I agree with you wholeheartedly that the collaboration must be further enhanced.

01:05Egypt, of course, is a great tradition, history, a large country in Africa, huge and immense

01:15contribution in the past, and we would certainly support your endeavor to consolidate, enhance

01:24your economy, and through bilateral relations, whatever we can do.

01:29We have actually proposed new areas, traditional areas like education through Azhar Sharif,

01:36yes, and also Cairo University and other universities.

01:41I appreciate the effort of Sheikh al-Azhar in the establishment of Arabic Institute in

01:50Kuala Lumpur, and we welcome that, and increasing the number of our students in various fields,

01:57in Islamic sciences, education, in education, in medical sciences, and also in engineering

02:05technology.

02:06We will also participate and collaborate with Egypt in terms of exposing the new areas

02:14of technology, including energy transition and alternative energy, in terms of digital

02:22transformation and semiconductor, because we are quite fortunate, because Malaysia has

02:29emerged to be one of the important semiconductor hubs in the region, and we should be able

02:34to collaborate in this field.

02:37Egypt has, you know, without exaggeration, outstanding role in terms of level of scholarship.

02:47Some of the great scientists and scholars throughout the world are from Egypt, and I

02:57think we should then make full use of it to benefit both our countries.

03:04Now I also thank, and the foreign minister reminded me to make sure that we thank Egypt,

03:11because you are one of the important persons to support our application to be a partner

03:17member of BRICS, and Egypt has again a great tradition of being one of the most profound

03:26voice for Global South.

03:29Those days we called it non-aligned, now Global South through BRICS, and thank you, Mr. President,

03:38for the support, and we have learned a lot from you from the days of non-aligned movement,

03:47and Egypt has always been seen to be one of the leading voice of resilience, independence,

03:54and neutrality, and this is consistent with the ASEAN position.

04:00We call it centrality, we engage with all countries, we are friends with all countries,

04:06but we maintain our independence, and we collaborate with all countries, particularly in terms

04:12of trade investments.

04:14Now as chair of ASEAN next year, of course we will try in our level best to engage, and

04:23to have our colleagues also to engage with Egypt, it's an important player in the region,

04:28and I will certainly do my level best to ensure that ASEAN benefits from its relationship

04:39with Egypt, because you have been a founder of the African Union, and you have an important

04:46voice in this region.

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