M'sian Companies Offered Business Opportunities In NAM Countries

July 17, 2009 01:29 AM

M'sian Companies Offered Business Opportunities In NAM Countries

By: Ramjit

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By Mokhtar Hussain

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, July 16 (Bernama) -- Egypt, Sudan and Iraq are inviting Malaysian firms and experts to take up opportunities to trade and be involved in the development process in the northern African and West Asian nations.

The invitations were conveyed by leaders of the three countries during bilateral discussions with Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on the sidelines of the 15th Summit Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) which ended Thursday at this Red Sea resort city.

Najib said President Hosni Mubarak wanted Cairo-Kuala Lumpur bilateral ties to be boosted especially in the field of medical studies and the marketing of Proton cars in Egypt.

He said he had also invited the Egyptian leader to visit Malaysia during the World Islamic Economic Forum in May next year.

Meanwhile, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir sought Malaysia's assistance in setting up a university in the African country.

Najib said he would ask Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Khalid Nordin to study the proposal.

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister said Iraq regretted that Malaysia was not aggressive in grabbing business opportunities in the war-torn nation although many companies from other countries were busy looking for opportunities there.

"I had expressed the fear of the Malaysian corporate sector about security in that country and suggested that a seminar be held in Kuala Lumpur on investments in Iraq," he said about his meeting with Iraqi vice-president Tarik Al-Hashimi.

Najib had also met Nepalese Prime Minister Madav Kumar and discussed Nepalese work force in Malaysia and the possibility of establishing air links between Kuala Lumpur and Kathmandu.

In addition, Najib had also met Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

On NAM, the Prime Minister said he hoped the movement would take the opportunity from the change in the United States administration which was now adopting a more open stand to convey the aspirations of the NAM member nations.

The Prime Minister and his wife later departed for Jeddah for a four-day working visit to Saudi Arabia.

-- BERNAMA

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