India, Malaysia have built thriving economic ties: PM Modi

April 01, 2017 20:30

India and Malaysia signed seven agreements during the state visit of Prime Minister Najib Razak to India.

Earlier, PM Narendra Modi and Razak held a one-on-one meeting ahead of the delegation-level talks.

Razak arrived in Chennai on Thursday on a six-day visit to India and reached New Delhi on Friday evening.

Welcoming the Malaysian PM, Modi said," Your contributions have been instrumental in forging wide ranging strategic partnership with India."

"We have built a thriving economic partnership. Infrastructure has been an area of fruitful partnership between us but we can do much more. We (India-Malaysia) are also converging efforts aimed at food security that are linked to well being of our farmers, "he said.

Modi further said, "I deeply appreciate our continuous cooperation with Malaysian Government in our joint anti terrorism efforts."

Praising Razak, Modi said, "Your own leadership in countering radicalisation and terrorism is an inspiration for the entire region."

"We live in a time and in a region where both conventional and non conventional security threats are constantly on the rise. We agreed that these challenges threaten stability, economic prosperity and require us and other countries of region to work together," Modi added.

Najib Razak, who met Rajinikanth in Chennai, said, "History binds us together. Indian languages, culture and food are popular in Malaysia. I'm fan of Indian films, especially after visit to Chennai."

He also said, "I would like to take this opportunity to place on record my deep admiration for the leadership of PM Modi."

"Defence and strategic partnership will be very important for us to fight global terrorism, militancy, extremism that includes fight against IS," he added.

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