PM set to join major China summit


  • Nation
  • Friday, 19 Apr 2019

Fielding the press: Bai Tian (second from right) speaking to the media at the China Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. With him are (from left) the embassy’s chief of culture department/first secretary Feng Jun, chief of politics section/first secretary Qiana Jun Jun and first secretary/economic affairs department Li Yabin.

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad will be invited to speak at two important forums during the upcoming three-day Belt and Road Summit/Forum in Beijing, the world’s largest diplomatic event this year.

Yesterday, China’s Ambassador to Malaysia Bai Tian said Dr Mahathir would attend the opening ceremony of the summit by President Xi Jinping on April 26 and deliver a speech at the top leaders’ roundtable discussion on the same day.

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