Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim is preparing for his third trip to China in two years

Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim will visit China next week, Beijing announced on Friday.

It will be Anwar’s third trip to China since taking office two years ago as Malaysia seeks to strengthen bilateral ties. despite the disputes in the South China Sea.

Anwar will arrive on Monday for a four-day working visit, the Chinese foreign ministry said. He is expected to stop in Shanghai before visiting Beijing to meet China’s top leaders.

Under Anwar, Malaysia has sought a close and constructive relationship with China, its largest trading partner for the past 15 years. He visited China twice last year after being sworn in in November 2022.

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Bilateral trade reached $190.24 billion last year, of which imports from China accounted for nearly 55 percent.