00:00Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim met with South Korean President Yun Suek-yol at
00:18the Yongsan Presidential Office in Seoul on Monday.
00:21The two leaders, accompanied by several ministers, held a bilateral meeting where they touched
00:26on the achievements and progress made since both countries established diplomatic ties
00:3164 years ago and the future direction to be taken.
00:34Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim met with South Korean President Yun Suek-yol at
00:42the Yongsan Presidential Office in Seoul on Monday.
00:45The two leaders, accompanied by several ministers, held a bilateral meeting where they touched
00:52And now in Kuala Lumpur, you have the Twin Towers by you, and again the Merdeka 118.
00:58So all the big construction is now very much attached to Malaysia-ROK relations.
01:07So my thank you, and we want to continue in all fields, as you mentioned,
01:12defence, peace and security, economic culture, education, tourism, regional and global issues,
01:19and also the new digital AI energy issues.
01:24Yun's office in a statement said South Korea and Malaysia signed an agreement
01:29to cooperate in supplying critical minerals from Malaysia's reserves
01:33and to boost cooperation in the defence industry.
01:36It added that Yun and Anwar also shared their commitment at a summit
01:40to conclude a free trade agreement by next year,
01:43which would include additional areas such as services, investment and green energy.
01:49The countries also agreed to establish an institutional foundation to cooperate on climate change,
01:55including for a previously signed memorandum of understanding on a carbon capture and storage project,
02:01which is scheduled to launch in 2029.
02:04Yun and Anwar also shared concern over the growing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia
02:10and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as well as Israeli violence in Lebanon.
