Malaysia seeks South Africa's support for candidacy in several international bodies

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Malaysia has asked South Africa to support its bids for seats in several international bodies, including the UN Security Council, during a meeting between Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and President Cyril Ramaphosa at the G20 Summit.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3f72r9ej  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Malaysia has sought South Africa's support for its candidacy in several international

00:06bodies.

00:08On the sidelines of the G20 summit on Friday, Prime Minister Datuk Sri Anwar Ibrahim met

00:13with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to discuss backing for Malaysia's bids for

00:19seats on the UN Security Council, the International Maritime Organization, the UN Economic and

00:25Social Council, the International Telecommunications Union, and the UN Human Rights Council.

00:31The leaders also reviewed Malaysia-South Africa bilateral relations following Ramaphosa's

00:36visit to Putrajaya in October.

00:39Anwar said Malaysia is ready to finalize and sign key agreements, including Memoranda of

00:45Understanding on Economy and Industry, Halal Cooperation, Agriculture, Green Technology,

00:51Research, Education, and TVET.

00:55He added that Malaysia has also offered African countries opportunities and incentives at the

01:01MY Integrated Circuit Design Park to join its semiconductor value chain.

01:07Anwar also congratulated South Africa on hosting the G20 summit, the first African nation to

01:13do so, and noted the summit's theme of solidarity-equality-sustainability aligns with Malaysia's 2025 ASEAN chairmanship,

01:23which emphasizes resilience and a fair, sustainable energy transition.

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