KUALA LUMPUR: Chinese President Xi Jinping met Malaysia’s King Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar and Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, as part of a three-nation tour to advance ties in Southeast Asia as a trade war with the US intensifies.
Xi is in the country for a three-day state visit and was met by Anwar on his arrival at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Tuesday evening.
On Wednesday he was received by the king at the National Palace before holding talks, along with the rest of the Chinese delegation, with Anwar in the administrative capital Putrajaya.
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