Malaysia continues allowing foreign ships, except Israel, says PM

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Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has affirmed that Malaysia's longstanding policy of permitting ships from various nations to dock in its ports remains unchanged, with the sole exception of Israeli vessels.  Addressing concerns over the docking of a Chinese military ship in Penang during his speech at the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia's (ACCCIM) 78th annual general meeting on Sunday (Oct 13), the Prime Minister clarified that joint military operations with other countries have been a routine practice for years.  Anwar emphasised that the government remains committed to maintaining friendly relations with all countries, except Israel.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/y4hsze99  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00We have joined military operations, on a small scale, in our area, with the U.S., with the

00:29U.S., with India, with China, with Singapore, with Indonesia, with India, all of them.

00:38What is their problem?

00:40For me, there is no problem.

00:42This has been happening for a long time.

00:44In fact, if the government used to be with the United Nations, the Israeli aircraft could pass.

00:54The Israeli aircraft could also enter the port, but it was not an issue.

00:59Now, it is an issue.

01:01So, I want to tell you, they can say whatever they like,

01:05we want to explain, the basis to be good to all countries,

01:09the ship wants to port in all of our ports,

01:13for all countries, we will continue to allow.

01:17No compromise.

01:19What we don't give is Israel, the others will enter.

01:23Because that is the basis we practice now.

01:28But this has become an issue to show, look, China has taken over.

01:34Because when Anwar is good to Xi Jinping,

01:37the Chinese warship has entered.

01:41Yes, yes, Karawali, good.

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