Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (R) receives Timor-Leste President José Ramos-Horta. (Photo: thestar) Malaysia will also continue to provide support for Timor-Leste in socio-economic development and security, he wrote on his Facebook page after a meeting with visiting Timor-Leste President José Ramos-Horta.
He said through the meeting, the two sides were able to assess the progress of cooperation between Malaysia and Timor-Leste and explore new areas of cooperation.
The PM expressed his hope that the relationship between the two countries will continue to be strengthened through various fields of cooperation.
According to the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the two countries maintain warm and friendly relations. Malaysia was the first country to set up a liaison office in Dili on April 13, 2001 and also the first among ASEAN members to set up an embassy there, on May 19, 2002. Malaysia has been actively supporting Timor Leste in terms of social, security, and economic development by providing capacity building training courses for the latter’s officials through the Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme.
In 2021, Malaysia is Timor-Leste’s 8th largest trading partner while ranking 13th as export destination and 7th as import source. From January to October 2022, bilateral trade was recorded at 84.6 million USD./.
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