PM Anwar Ibrahim Discusses Border Issues To Investment With Prabowo

President Prabowo Subianto who made a working visit to Malaysia arrived at the Bunga Raya Complex, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), Thursday (9/1/2025). (PHOTO via X Wisma Putra @MalaysiaMFA)

JAKARTA - Malaysian Prime Minister (PM) Anwar Ibrahim said he had discussed a number of issues from border to investment while holding a lunch with President Prabowo Subianto at the Tangsi House, Kuala Lumpur.

"Today I celebrate the presence of my good friend, the President of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto who is on an official working visit to this country," Anwar said in an X upload reported by ANTARA, Thursday, January 9.

In the private lunch at the Tangsi House, he said he had a chance to talk and discuss various important things in strengthening bilateral relations between the two neighboring countries. Among them are related to border affairs, employment, coordination of fishing affairs in the Malacca Strait dispute area, trade, investment, economy, socio-cultural, defense and security.

The two leaders of the country take full advantage of this short and meaningful scope to continue to strengthen the close relationship that has been established so far.

"God willing, I believe, the synergy of this meeting will be used to explore new opportunities that can be used for the better future of the two countries," said Anwar.

PM Anwar welcomed and hosted President Prabowo's lunch at the Tangsi House after opening and giving a speech at the 2025 Malaysian Economic Forum at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center (KLCC).

He also accompanied Prabowo's return to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Flower Complex in Sepang.

To the media, as quoted by Bernama, Anwar said Prabowo's official visit was actually on January 27, but the 8th President felt like coming today because they were old friends and needed to talk from heart to heart of shared issues. In addition to conveying his commitment to helping him in ASEAN Leadership.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Sugiono together with Cabinet Secretary Major Inf Teddy Indra Wijaya accompanied President Prabowo during his visit to Malaysia, which was welcomed by Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan and Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia Hermono together with Defense Attache Brigadier General Winarno in Sepang this morning.

In a statement from the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the visit was a reflection of the special relationship between Malaysia and the Republic of Indonesia which was supported by strong cooperation in various fields, including economy, socio-cultural, defense, and security.

In 2023, Indonesia became Malaysia's seventh-largest trading partner at the global and third-largest level among ASEAN member countries, with a trade value of 111.21 billion Malaysian ringgit (RM) or US$24.39 billion (equivalent to Rp399.2 trillion).

From January to October 2024, the total bilateral trade has reached RM95.50 billion (20.75 billion US dollars) or equivalent to Rp342.8 trillion, compared to RM94.37 billion (20.69 billion US dollars) or around Rp338.7 trillion in the same period in 2023.