RP leader dismisses remark

Tue, 04 May 1999 | Source: AFP

MANILA (AFP): Philippine President Joseph Estrada brushed aside Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's charges on Monday that he intervened in Kuala Lumpur's internal affairs when he met opposition leader Azizah Ismail here last week.

Mahathir's remarks were "purely domestic, he is talking about politics because Azizah now belongs to a political party", Estrada told reporters regarding his meeting with the wife of jailed former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim.

"But I don't interfere with their political or domestic affairs," he added.

Mahathir over the weekend said no foreign leader should influence Malaysia's future. "Neither Estrada nor leaders of foreign nations using local puppets have the right to decide the nation's future," he said.

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