DUSHANBE, June 23, 2014, Asia-Plus – Tajik President Emomali Rahmon arrived in Malaysia for a four-day state visit, beginning on June 22 at the invitation of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu”adzam Shah.
According to the Tajik president’s official website, Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Aslov, Presidential Adviser on Foreign Policy Erkinkhon Rahmatullozoda, Minister of Economic Development and Trade Sharif Rahimzoda, Minister of Education and Science Nouriddin Said, Chairman of the Committee for Youth, Sports and Tourism Affairs Akhtam Abdullozoda and other senior officials and businessmen are accompanying Emomali Rahmon on his visit to Malaysia.
This is President Rahmon’s first state visit to Malaysia since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Today, President Rahmon is scheduled to hold talks with Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu”adzam Shah and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, followed by a delegation meeting. Both leaders are expected to witness the signing of several agreements and memoranda of understandings (MoUs) between the governments of Tajikistan and Malaysia. A joint press conference will be held following the conclusion of the meetings.
Meanwhile Malaysian national news agency
Bernama
reports that accompanied by wife, Azizamoh Rahmon, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon was greeted by Minister in the Prime Minister”s Department Datuk Joseph Entulu Belaun and Foreign Deputy Minister Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin, upon arrival at the Bunga Raya Complex, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) yesterday evening.
Prime Minister Najib and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor will host the official luncheon in honor of Rahmon and Azizamoh Rahmon at Seri Perdana in Putrajaya,
Bernama
said.
Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy located in Southeast Asia. It consists of thirteen states and three federal territories
Malaysia is a relatively open state-oriented and newly industrialized market economy. The state plays a significant but declining role in guiding economic activity through macroeconomic plans. Malaysia has had one of the best economic records in Asia, with GDP growing an average 6.5 per cent annually from 1957 to 2005. In 2011, the GDP (PPP) was about $450 billion, the third largest economy in ASEAN and the 29th largest in the world. The infrastructure of Malaysia is one of the most developed in Asia. Its telecommunications network is second only to Singapore”s in Southeast Asia, with 4.7 million fixed-line subscribers and more than 30 million cellular subscribers. The country has seven international ports.
