{"id":14154,"date":"2022-06-18T18:07:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T10:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=14154"},"modified":"2022-06-18T18:07:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T10:07:07","slug":"saifuddin-interacts-with-malaysians-in-india-plays-basketball-with-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=14154","title":{"rendered":"Saifuddin interacts with Malaysians in India, plays basketball with children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NEW DELHI, June 18<\/strong> — Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah interacted with Malaysian diplomats and other community members in New Delhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malaysia’s High Commissioner to India Datuk Hidayat Abdul Hamid briefed the minister about the diplomatic mission’s building, completed in 2015 and formally inaugurated in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saifuddin toured the High Commission complex located in the Indian capital’s Chanakyapuri diplomatic enclave and learned about its various facilities on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He played basketball with children at the High Commission and held a coaching session for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 61-year-old minister has been passionate about basketball since his school days and is a strong advocate of promoting the sport in Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Addressing the High Commission staff, representatives of Malaysian companies and other community members in the evening, the minister praised their contributions in developing a close relationship with India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said Malaysia-India relations are rooted in history and the Malaysian businesses and expatriates in India have an important role to play in enhancing them further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saifuddin was in India from June 15 to 17 on a working visit to participate in the two-day Special ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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