Annan to visit Malaysia

Sat, 13 Dec 1997 | Source: AFP

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will arrive here tomorrow for a four-day visit, coinciding with an East Asian summit, reports said yesterday.

Annan, accompanied by his wife and UN officials, is scheduled to meet Malaysian King Tuanku Jaa'far and Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, the New Straits Times reported.

He will also attend briefings by the economic planning unit, the multimedia development corporation and deliver a dinner talk organized by the Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs.

Annan's visit to Malaysia will be the second by a UN secretary-general following a visit by Javier Perez de Cuellar in 1985. His trip coincides with a three-day summit between the nine ASEAN countries and China, Japan and South Korea starting Sunday.

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