Visit by Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Malaysia Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim for the Singapore-Malaysia Leaders' Retreat, 29 to 30 October 2023

Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Malaysia Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim will visit Singapore from 29 to 30 October 2023 for the 10th Singapore-Malaysia Leaders’ Retreat at the invitation of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The annual Leaders’ Retreat is the key platform for the two Prime Ministers to discuss bilateral issues and explore new areas of cooperation. This will be the first Leaders’ Retreat since the COVID-19 pandemic, and an opportunity for both countries to take stock of the growing cooperation. The 9th Leaders’ Retreat was held in Putrajaya, Malaysia in April 2019.

  On 30 October 2023, Prime Minister Anwar will call on President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and meet Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The Prime Ministers and their delegations will then meet for bilateral discussions and witness the signing of bilateral agreements on key areas of cooperation.

Prime Minister Anwar will be accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising Minister of Foreign Affairs Dato’ Seri Diraja Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, Minister of Transport Anthony Loke Siew Fook, Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz, Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, Minister of Home Affairs Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Datuk Ewon Benedick, Premier of Sarawak Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr Abang Haji Abdul Rahman Zohari Bin Tun Datuk Abang Haji Openg, Chief Minister of Johor Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi, and Attorney General Datuk Terrirudin Mohd Salleh.

The Singapore delegation will include Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong, Senior Minister & Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean, Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Home Affairs and Law K Shanmugam, Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong, Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for National Development Desmond Lee, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister for Education and Foreign Affairs Dr Maliki Osman, Acting Minister for Transport Chee Hong Tat, Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and Environment and for Manpower Dr Koh Poh Koon, and Attorney-General Lucien Wong.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SINGAPORE

29 OCTOBER 2023