Malaysia pledges to maintain good ties with other countries
Kuala
Lumpur (VNA) - Newly-elected
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on May 11 Malaysia, as a trading nation,
will maintain good relations the international community without favouring any
particular country or interfering with their domestic affairs.
He said trade is important to the economy and Malaysia will make efforts to ensure that the market for its products will be as large as possible.
The PM stressed that Malaysia will take a neutral stance and would not take part in any move by big powers to impose sanctions against countries which disagreed with them.
Malaysia pays attention to establishing relations with other countries in the world, he said.
Mahathir
Mohamad was officially sworn in as Prime Minister of Malaysia on May 10 after a
shock election victory, 15 years after he stood down. The 92-year-old man, who
had governed for more than two decades, became the world's oldest elected
leader.
He came out of retirement and defected to the opposition to take on and beat
former protege Najib Razak. His historic win ousted the Barisan Nasional (BN)
coalition, which has been in power since independence in 1957.
Official results showed that Mahathir's Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope) had
won 113 of the parliament's 222 seats, exceeding the simple majority required
to rule.
Meanwhile, the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional headed by former Prime
Minister Najib Razak won only 79 seats.
Mahathir served as Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003.-VNA