Malaysian king meets China PM

Malaysian king meets China PM

KUALA LUMPUR (Xinhua): Malaysia's Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah thanked China on Wednesday for the assistance given to Malaysia in overcoming its economic difficulties.

The assistance was valuable to Malaysia, the king told visiting Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji here during his audience with the latter.

The king said the relations between Malaysia and China were very good and the two countries had wonderful cooperation in various areas, particularly in the economic and trade fields.

He said Malaysia hoped to further strengthen its exchanges and cooperation with China in areas such as economy and trade, culture, agriculture and education.