PM Narendra Modi, Malaysian Counterpart's Joint Statement: Highlights

Kuala Lumpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a three-day visit to Malaysia, is addressing a joint press conference with his Malaysian counterpart. 

Here are the highlights

• Thank you Prime Minister Najib for your hospitality
• Appreciate your gesture of hosting me in the midst of the ASEAN and East Asia Summit
• Commend the resolve and resilience of people of Malaysia. India's links with Malaysia are very old
• Let me say how deeply we value our relations with Malaysia. And, we are grateful for your stewardship of this relationship
• I am particularly grateful to you for our security cooperation which underlines our shared commitment to deal with security challenges.
• We will work with renewed vigour to raise momentum of our partnership. We will continue to deepen security cooperation
• We will make defence cooperation stronger. Our agreements on cyber security are very important
• Our trade and investment relations can be scaled up significantly. Malaysia's competence in infrastructure is well known
• We are strengthening our excellent cooperation in Public Administration and Governance. NITI AYOG will work with PEMANDU.
• Malaysian students to study in India and urges early conclusion of an agreement on Mutual Recognition of Degrees
• Our strategic partnership will go to a new level. Looking forward to welcome PM NajibRazak to India