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Kuala Lumpur: External Affairs Minister Subramaniam Jaishankar visited Singapore, Philippines and Malaysia as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Look East Policy. Of these, on the 20th-28th day he reached Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. Where he held talks with Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohammad Bin Haji Hassan on political, commercial, economic, defence, digital, as well as cultural and educational relations. He also talked to Digital Minister Govind Singh Dev.
During an intensive meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar bin Ibrahim, Jaishankar expressed his gratitude for Malaysia's cooperation in developing the strategic partnership between the two countries. During this conversation, Anwar bin Ibrahim thanked India for the decision to open a branch of IIT and assured Jaishankar of providing all facilities for the establishment of the institute. This news has been given by Malaysia's Bernama news agency.
Apart from this, the Prime Minister of Malaysia expressed his heartfelt thanks to the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi for sending tons of rice at a time when his country was facing rice shortage.
Along with this, he expressed hope that India will also freely export other grains to Malaysia.
It is noteworthy that the Malaysian Peninsula is mostly mountainous. The mountains are also forested because there is no rainfall there. Since there is not enough suitable land in the coastal areas, the country is facing food shortage.
During this visit to Malaysia, Jaishankar appreciated the contribution of Malaysia in the group of special countries established by India. Malaysia is an important partner in ASEAN.
Before the spread of Islam in Malaysia, Hinduism became prevalent during the time of the Chola Empire (from the 10th century AD). (Islam spread there from 17th, 18th century AD) Earlier, Hindu traders used to reach there with the encouragement of Manipur states. There were women also with him.
These women popularized Manipuri dances and dance dramas. Even today, world famous dance dramas based on Ramayana and Mahabharata are staged in Malaysia. Now that country believes in Islam. But its artist says. Art can be for art's sake and not have any religious, regional or political affiliation. Even Malaysian dance dramas based on Ramayana and Mahabharata are famous not only in the region but across the world. Janahas, tourists from all over the world who come to visit Malaysia are eager to see these dance performances in Kuala Lumpur. It is also noteworthy that Kuala Lumpur is a word derived from Chaula Luv Puram (son of Luv Ram).
Jaishankar talked to CEOs of Malaysian companies in Kuala Lumpur. He also had open dialogue with the Indians settled there.
