Malaysian FM to visit Vietnam

Malaysian FM to visit Vietnam

KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): Malaysian Foreign Minister Abdullah Ahmad
Badawi said yesterday he will make an eight-day trip beginning
tomorrow to Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia to strengthen bilateral
relations.

The state-run Bernama national news agency quoted Abdullah as
saying his trip is aimed at broadening two-way ties in all areas
including trade, economic and political cooperation, and culture.

He will visit Vietnam from Oct. 17-20 where he will co-chair
the second Malaysia-Vietnam joint commission meeting on bilateral
issues, Myanmar from Oct. 20-22, and Cambodia from Oct. 22-24,
where he will attend a ceremony to mark the fifth anniversary of
the Paris peace accord, which ended the Cambodian conflict.

Abdullah's visit to Myanmar is his first, but he said he did
not plan to raise Myanmar's bid to join ASEAN next year as it is
not a "priority topic" for discussion with Myanmar's officials.