Singapore welcomes Azmin despite protest against incursion


Azmin Ali’s visit to Singapore comes on the heels of Singapore’s decision to postpone the 14th meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee for Iskandar Malaysia, which was originally scheduled for tomorrow. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, January 13, 2019.

SINGAPORE has welcomed a bilateral meeting with Economic Affairs Minister Azmin Ali despite postponing an earlier joint ministerial meeting over the intrusion of a Malaysian vessel into disputed waters.

“Singapore welcomes Malaysia’s Economic Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali’s initiative to make a bilateral visit and his upcoming meetings with our ministers on January 13-14,” the island republic’s Foreign Ministry said in a brief statement.


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