India and Malaysia all set for a bilateral cooperation

Amongst the key areas that are to see the bilateral cooperation, defence and security would be the primary focus areas. The two leaders say they will work together to combat extremism and terrorism.

“This reflects a long standing national consensus in India on the importance of this region for India and the world”, Modi said.

To broaden the scope of security cooperation, the two countries will upgrade the level and complexity of defence exercises as well as expand collaboration in defence training, Modi said.

“Our agreement to cooperate in cyber security is very important”. “We intend to exploit the full potential of our bilateral agreements and the Indian-ASEAN Agreements”.

In a three-pronged proposal for future East Asian summitry, Li first called for faster regional economic integration so as to make East Asia a stable growth pole for the world economy. I am confident that our strategic partnership will go to new level.

Thus, he said both governments had agreed to appoint persons on both sides for immediate follow through of all plans. We are located on the same maritime route.

He added the relationship between India and Malaysia is strong and the link between both is as ancient as the land of India. “RCON is contributing to development of rail infrastructure here”.

He noted that Indian companies had a strong presence in Malaysia.

While giving a broad overview of the Act East policy, which he set in motion to build upon the earlier Look East policy after he came to power one and a half years ago, the Indian prime minister was fulsome in his praise for Singapore.

“With each ASEAN member, we have deepening political, security, defence and economic ties”.

Both countries also agreed to establish linkages between the Centre for United Nation Peacekeeping of India (CUNPK) and Malaysian Peacekeeping Centre (MPC). Our relations are broad based, it includes field of education as many Malaysians have been educated in India.

Modi said Southeast Asia was a vital neighbor on land and sea with which India has “excellent” relations.

“We will play special emphasis on cultural and people to people ties”.

Hundreds of Indian-origin people lined up in the streets to get a glimpse of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.