Press Release on the Sixth Special Joint Commission Meeting Between Malaysia and Kyrgyz Republic in Bishkek, 22th April 2009

SIXTH SPECIAL JOINT COMMISSION MEETING BETWEEN

MALAYSIA AND KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

BISHKEK, KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

22 APRIL 2009

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Malaysia and Kyrgyz Republic concluded the Sixth Special Joint Commission Meeting between officials of the two countries on 22 April 2009 at Bishkek, capital city of Kyrgyz Republic.

The meeting endorsed the need to enhance cooperation on economic, social, trade and investment as well as in the area of capacity building. The specific areas of cooperation which have been identified include Islamic banking and finance, science and technology and ICT, standards, halal industry promotion, tourism, health and education. The Malaysian side was led by Y. Bhg, Tan Sri Dr. Sulaiman Mahbob, Director General of Economic Planning Unit, Prime Minister’s Department and the other members of the delegation include Ambassador Abd Aziz Harun, Malaysian Ambassador to Kyrgyz Republic based in Tashkent and senior officials from Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), Ministry of Education (MOE), Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), Ministry of Science Technology Innovation (MOSTI), Ministry of Health (MOH), Malaysia Industrial Development Authority (MIDA), Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), Small and Medium Industry Development Corporation (SMIDEC), Halal Development Corporation (HDC), Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (SIRIM).

The Kyrgyz Republic side was led by the Chairman of the State Committee on State-Owned Property, Mr Tursun Turdumambetov and senior officials from the Kyrgyz side. Both sides are really keen in improving its trade, economic and social relations and bring it to a greater height. Both sides emphasize the importance of this mechanism namely the Special Joint Commission Meeting to enhance the bilateral relations between the two countries.

While in Bishkek, the Malaysian delegation was given the opportunity to meet the leaders from the Kyrgyz side including the Prime Minister, Honorable Igor Chudinov and two deputy ministers. During the courtesy call, Honorable Prime Minister Chudinov requested the Head of the Malaysian delegation to convey his congratulatory remarks on the appointment of Y.A.B. Datuk Seri Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak as the Sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia. Malaysian officials will also participate in the Investment Forum which will be hosted by the Kyrgyz Republic Chamber of Commerce.

At the end of the Meeting, both leaders of delegation agreed to take follow-up action on various issues that has been agreed upon during the meeting. It is expected that more exchange of visit between the two countries officials will be made in the near future in realizing the objectives of the Special Joint Commission Meeting.

Released by:

Embassy of Malaysia

Tashkent, Uzbekistan