KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah received a courtesy call from Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan at Istana Negara today.
Istana Negara in a post on its Facebook page said during the 30-minute meeting which started at 11am, His Majesty and Prince Faisal touched on the strong bilateral ties between the two countries since 1957.
Among topics discussed were efforts to strengthen trade and the economy, measures to increase and further expand investment and cooperation as well as regional and international issues of interest to both countries.
"His Majesty expressed his appreciation and gratitude for the special relationship that had been established between Malaysia and Saudi Arabia in various fields, including the contributions and assistance extended to Malaysia in the fight against COVID-19 and during the post-pandemic recovery," read the post
Also present at the meeting was Pahang Regent Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah.
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah and Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Malaysia Datuk Dr Mahmoud Hussein Saeed Qattan were also in attendance.
The audience with Al-Sultan Abdullah was among the programmes lined up for Prince Faisal's inaugural two-day official visit to Malaysia starting yesterday.
In the meeting, His Majesty also thanked the Government of Saudi Arabia for the post-pandemic Haj quota allocation that was granted to Malaysia and hoped that everything would go smoothly for Malaysian pilgrims in performing the Haj rituals.
Al Sultan Abdullah also expressed his happiness in seeing that Saudi Arabia is one of the largest markets for Malaysia's palm oil exports which saw a total export value of RM1.763 billion, last year.
In thanking Prince Faisal for the invitation to pay an official visit to Saudi Arabia, His Majesty prayed that King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, who is the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, be blessed with good health and long life, and wished peace and prosperity for the Kingdom.
-- BERNAMA
Bernama
Wed Jun 08 2022
Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah received a courtesy call from Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan at Istana Negara today. - FB Istana Negara
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