Australian PM To Visit India, Malaysia

By siliconindia  |  Monday, 30 November -1, 05:30:00 AM IST


He will also travel to Malaysia for talks with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.

"Australia's defence ties with Malaysia are amongst the closest in South East Asia and we feel a deep connection to Malaysia given shared experiences arising from the MH370 and MH17 disasters," he said.

The two-way trade between Australia and Malaysia was worth almost 18 billion Australian dollars ($16.8 billion) last year.

"Hundreds of thousands of Malaysians have studied in Australia and we will soon see more Australians travelling the other way when Malaysia joins the New Colombo Plan in 2015," Abbott said.

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Source: IANS
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