{"id":13628,"date":"2022-04-01T17:15:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T09:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=13628"},"modified":"2022-04-01T17:15:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T09:15:39","slug":"malaysia-indonesia-agree-to-strengthen-bahasa-melayu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=13628","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia, Indonesia agree to strengthen Bahasa Melayu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

JAKARTA, April 1<\/strong> — Malaysia and\u00a0Indonesia will continue to make efforts to uplift the status of Bahasa\u00a0Melayu, which may become an\u00a0ASEAN language one day, said Prime Minister\u00a0Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two countries have agreed to use Bahasa Melayu as a language of communication at every international conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We would like to thank the\u00a0Bapak Presiden (Indonesian President) for agreeing with Malaysia to enhance\u00a0Bahasa Melayu, which has common roots for us,\u201d<\/em> said Ismail Sabri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said\u00a0Bahasa Melayu is widely used in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Southern\u00a0Thailand, Cambodia, and the Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The prime minister said this at a joint press conference with Indonesian President Joko Widodo after witnessing the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on Indonesian Domestic Helpers between the two countries here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Touching on regional issues, Ismail Sabri said the two countries agreed that the Rohingya issue should be settled internally by the Myanmar government itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a big issue for Malaysia because there are 200,000 Myanmar Rohingya refugees in Malaysia, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NMT<\/a> as reported by Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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