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Peru's President meets with Prime Minister of Malaysia

Photo: ANDINA/Presidency of the Republic of Peru

Photo: ANDINA/Presidency of the Republic of Peru

14:18 | San Francisco (U.S.), Nov. 16.

The President of the Republic Dina Boluarte held a meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday.

At this gathering, both dignitaries expressed their willingness to continue strengthening the bilateral relationship.

In this sense, they placed emphasis on existing ties in trade and investment, and on projecting cooperation in the field of police intelligence towards the future.

Similarly, the Peruvian Head of State requested Malaysia's support to obtain the Halal certification, which would allow Peruvian products to enter the Islamic market.

Another issue discussed during this meeting was the joint fight against human trafficking mafias and transnational crime.

Likewise, they talked about the possibility of Peru becoming a Development Partner of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

This event was part of the activities fulfilled by the Peruvian president in the United States —within the framework of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Week currently underway in San Francisco.

Malaysia is one of the 21 economies that make up this bloc, to which Peru belongs.


As is known, Peru and Malaysia are also part of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

Invitation to APEC 2024

President Boluarte thanked the Malaysian Prime Minister for his support in the different stages of APEC this year.

Similarly, she invited him to participate in the APEC Peru 2024 Economic Leaders' Meeting.

Thus, Peru will extend invitations to the respective Cabinet members of Malaysia for the nine ministerial meetings to be organized in our country.


Other meeting


Executives and business leaders from the economies that make up the aforementioned bloc also attended the event.

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Published: 11/16/2023