Anwar hopes China will join forces to help resolve Palestine-Israel conflict

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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has expressed hope that China would join forces to ensure the Palestinian-Israeli conflict can be resolved quickly so that humanitarian aid could be sent to Gaza without restrictions.  According to Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, the matter was conveyed by Anwar to China’s Vice-President Han Zheng during their meeting at Perdana Putra here Thursday (Nov 9).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2n7jfbye  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Prime Minister Datu Sri Anwar Ibrahim has expressed hope that China would join forces

00:06 to ensure the Palestinian-Israeli conflict can be resolved quickly so that humanitarian

00:12 aid could be sent to Gaza without restrictions.

00:16 According to Foreign Minister Datu Sri Dr Zambri Abdulkadir, the matter was conveyed

00:21 by Anwar to China's Vice President Han Teng during their meeting at Berdana Butra on Tuesday.

00:29 Han, who is on a four-day official visit to Malaysia, had earlier paid a courtesy call

00:34 on the Prime Minister.

00:36 Zambri told reporters after the meeting that the Prime Minister also expressed hope that

00:41 China would play a more active role, whereby China also responded positively to the suggestion

00:47 that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict must be resolved quickly.

00:52 Zambri said China also reiterated its commitment to recognising Palestine's status.

00:58 The bilateral discussions between Anwar and Han, which lasted over an hour, also touched

01:04 on efforts to strengthen Malaysia-China relations and enhance investment and cooperation in

01:10 various sectors.

01:12 Also discussed were regional and international issues of mutual interest, collaboration in

01:18 the halal industry, and the 50th anniversary of Malaysia-China diplomatic relations, which

01:24 will be celebrated in 2024.

01:28 This visit also coincides with the 10th anniversary of the Malaysia-China Comprehensive Strategic

01:34 Partnership.

01:36 For over a decade, China has stood as Malaysia's largest trading partner.

01:41 In 2022, the total trade between Malaysia and China reached over RM487 billion, reflecting

01:48 a 15.6 per cent increase from 2021.

01:53 Furthermore, China emerged as the largest foreign direct investor in Malaysia for 2022,

02:00 with investments amounting to more than RM55 billion.

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