In a significant development, during their recent meeting in Kuala Lumpur, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s and his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim agreed to strengthen their cooperation in defence, trade, digital economy, and energy. The two leaders renewed pledges to bolster trade and explore potential collaborations in semiconductors, defence and other fields. They also witnessed the exchange of 11 cooperation agreements, including on semiconductors, disaster management and peacekeeping.

The Modi’s Kuala Lumpur dialogue is likely to reverse the set-back India and Malaysia had received in their ties in recent years. Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad had opposed the Modi government’s historic revocation of Kashmir’s Special Status in India and passage of the Citizenship........

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