00:00Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has arrived in Vladivostok for a two-day working
00:07visit to the largest seaport city in Russia's Far East region.
00:12The aircraft carrying Anwar landed at Vladivostok International Airport at 8.33 am local time.
00:19He was accompanied by Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hassan, Investment, Trade and
00:25Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Aziz, Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk
00:31Seri Amiruddin Sheri, Deputy Economy Minister Datuk Hanifah Hajataib and other senior officials.
00:39Upon arrival, the Prime Minister was received by the Malaysian Ambassador to Russia Datuk
00:44Cheong Loon Lai, while on the Russian side were the Director of the Third Asian Department
00:50Lyudmila Vorobyeva, Vice Governor of Primorsky Region Alexei Nazratenko and Vice Mayor of
00:58Vladivostok Daria Stegni.
01:01Anwar will attend the 9th Eastern Economic Forum and will address the plenary session
01:06of the forum on September 5.
01:09The highlight of his visit will be the bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin,
01:14during which Anwar is expected to reiterate Malaysia's interest in joining the BRICS
01:19intergovernmental organization as Russia is currently holding BRICS chairmanship.
01:26Both leaders are also expected to exchange perspectives on the Russia-Ukraine conflict
01:32and the Middle East situation and discuss cooperation within the context of the ASEAN-Russia
01:37Dialogue Partnership.
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