Sabah & Sarawak Superblog

September 5, 2012

PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak yesterday held a four-eyed meeting with the Sultan of Brunei, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, at his office here in conjunction with the two-day 16th Malaysia-Brunei Darussalam Annual Leaders’ Consultation which started on Monday.



Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah was greeted upon arrival at the Perdana Putra Complex by Najib at 10.55am, before the two leaders proceeded to Level Five for their meeting.

Wisma Putra had said that the two leaders would take the opportunity of the annual meeting to appraise the progress of the ongoing cooperation and explore new potentials for an enhanced partnership that can mutually benefit the peoples of the two countries.

The ministry said the consultation was the most important event in the annual calendar of both countries, serving as a mechanism for discussion on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues of common concern.

The 15th Malaysia-Brunei Darussalam Annual Leaders’ Consultation, held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Sept 12 last year, saw the two leaders witness the signing of an agreement and three MoUs.

Later, at Level Three, the two leaders witnessed the exchange of documents pertaining to the Agreement on Economic Cooperation between the Malaysian and Brunei Governments.

Malaysia was represented by Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Mukhriz Tun Mahathir and Brunei, by its Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Pehin Datuk Lim Jock Seng.

The agreement was signed by International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed and Lim on Sunday.

Najib and Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah then went to the Perdana Meeting Room for a briefing by the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu).

Pemandu’s main role and objective is to oversee the implementation, assess the progress, facilitate as well as support the delivery and drive the progress of the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) and the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP). — Bernama

(Source: The Borneo Post)