Malaysian PM to visit S. America

Thu, 25 Sep 1997 | Source: AP

KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad will visit Cuba, Chile, Uruguay and Argentina from Sept. 25 to Oct. 5 to strengthen trade, investment and other ties between Malaysia and these countries, a Foreign Ministry statement said yesterday.

Mahathir will head a large delegation of ministers, deputy ministers, members of parliament, chief ministers of several states, senior government officials and businesspeople, the statement said.

In addition to accepting the invitation of President Carlos Saul Menem to visit Argentina, Mahathir has also been invited to speak at the inauguration of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-Mercosur Business Council in Argentina.

It will be Mahathir's first official visit to Cuba and Uruguay and his second to Chile after he was invited in 1991 to address the 12th assembly of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC).

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