00:00Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim hosted an official luncheon in honour of his visiting
00:07New Zealand counterpart, Christopher Luxon, at Seri Perdana on Monday.
00:13Luxon is here on his inaugural visit to Malaysia since assuming office in November 2023.
00:20Apart from the New Zealand delegation, the luncheon was also attended by other Malaysian
00:25Cabinet Ministers.
00:27Earlier, Anwar and Luxon held a bilateral meeting to explore avenues for deepening bilateral
00:33relations with a particular focus on expanding trade, investment and defence cooperation.
00:39In 2023, New Zealand was Malaysia's 28th largest trading partner, 22nd largest export destination
00:47and 27th largest source of imports among countries in the Oceania region, with the total trade
00:54between Malaysia and New Zealand amounting to 11.56 billion ringgit.
01:00Also in 2023, 24 investment projects were approved and they are to generate 1,137 jobs.
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