Malaysia-Qatar bilateral ties, economic cooperation to be further strengthened with PM’s visit

From Nor Hasliza Abdullah

DOHA, March 27 (Bernama) — Bilateral relations and financial cooperation between Malaysia and Qatar are anticipated to be additional strengthened with the three-day official go to of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob to Qatar from March 27 to 29.

Based on the Malaysian Ambassador to Qatar, Zamshari Shaharan, a number of mechanisms are in place to attain the 2 goals, with the primary being the institution of the Malaysian Embassy in Doha in 2004, adopted by the institution of the Malaysia-Qatar Joint Commerce Committee in 2018 and the Malaysia-Qatar Excessive-Degree Joint Committee in 2019.

“The most recent mechanism would be the assembly and dialogue on the highest degree between the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri and the Amir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani on March 29,” he advised Malaysian media at his workplace right here right now.

Zamshari mentioned that in the course of the assembly, the Prime Minister is anticipated to convey Malaysia’s dedication in addition to pay attention and get suggestions from Qatar to take the bilateral relations between the 2 nations to a higher top.

“This go to can be necessary as a result of there’s a lot to discover in Malaysia-Qatar relations, particularly within the post-pandemic restoration efforts.

“Malaysia and Qatar every have methods to regulate the unfold of COVID-19. Though the variety of circumstances continues to be excessive, vaccination programmes and the administration of booster doses dosing have allowed the pandemic to be curbed.

“On this case, Qatar could have been capable of management the pandemic earlier due to its very aggressive vaccination programme,” he mentioned.

The organisation of the twentieth version of the Doha Discussion board on March 26 and 27 and the 72nd FIFA Congress on March 31 is a testomony to Qatar’s readiness and success in curbing the unfold of COVID-19.

Based on Zamshari, Malaysia must capitalize on its relationship with Qatar because the nation has recorded financial progress of between 4 and 5 per cent with the best per capita revenue on the planet, in addition to speedy growth in building in preparation for internet hosting the World Cup soccer championship in November.

“Qatar has a powerful financial pressure for us to additionally profit from, when it comes to funding alternatives, similar to within the discipline of building.

“For the World Cup alone, there already a Malaysian firm that has had the chance to renovate one of many stadiums. So, there could also be different Malaysian firms that may attempt to discover different fields,” he mentioned.

Zamshari mentioned Qatar is an necessary buying and selling associate for Malaysia with commerce quantity between the 2 nations reaching US$ 0.8 billion in 2019, however declining to US$ 0.5 billion and US$ 0.63 billion in 2020 and 2021 respectively as a result of COVID-19.

“Hopefully, with the Prime Minister’s go to, the worth of commerce between the 2 nations will return to US$ 0.8 billion or extra,” he mentioned.

Throughout his go to to Qatar, the Prime Minister will even maintain an engagement session with the Malaysian enterprise group and households in Doha.

The Malaysian delegation will even embody International Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah, Senior Minister of Worldwide Commerce and Business Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali, Rural Growth Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid, Deputy Works Minister Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup and Felda chairman Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh.

— BERNAMA

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