Press Release : The Honorable Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia Participated in The Emergency Meeting of The Executive Committee of The Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) Held at The Headquarters of The General Secretariat of The OIC, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 3 January 2009
The Hon. Dato’ Seri Utama Dr. Rais Yatim, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia participated in the Emergency Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) on 3 January 2009 at the Headquarters of the General Secretariat of the OIC in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Press Release : Official Launch Of The Institute Of Diplomacy And Foreign Relation’s Campus By The Honourable Prime Minister Of Malaysia On 8 January 2009
The Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations (IDFR) campus on Jalan Wisma Putra, Kuala Lumpur will be officially launched by The Honourable Prime Minister, Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, on 8 January 2009. The ceremony will be held at the IDFR Auditorium. In conjunction with the official launching, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs / IDFR will also be organising ‘Meet the Client Day’ and a publications exhibition. Among the participants for the publications exhibition are Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka; Center for ASEAN Studies, UiTM and the Institute of Occidental Studies, UKM, who will be showcasing their publications. The general public is invited to attend the various activities; from 2 pm to 5 pm at the IDFR’s hostel lobby. Entrance is free.
STATEMENT BY THE HONOURABLE ABDULLAH AHMAD BADAWI
PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA AT THE JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF IRAN, TEHRAN, 23 DECEMBER 2008
Bismillahirahmanirahim
His Excellency Dr. Mahmoud Ahmedinejad
President of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh and good morning.
First of all, I wish to thank His Excellency Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his kind invitation to me and my wife to come on an official visit to Iran. I would like to thank the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the generous hospitality extended to me and members of my delegation. I would like to thank the brotherly people of Iran for the very warm welcome shown towards all of us. For example, yesterday, when we visited the Research and Technology Exhibition, the enthusiasm shown towards our presence was tremendous.
PUTRAJAYA, JAN 5 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has authorised the immediate disbursement of US$1 million as humanitarian aid from the government to the Palestinian people.
He said the money had been channeled through and would be used by Mercy Malaysia, a non-profit medical relief organisation, to deliver relief supplies.
The Foreign Ministry had reopened its Fund for Palestine to receive and coordinate the collection of assistance from the people of Malaysia, he said in a statement here today.
Malaysia, he said, would continue to extend humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza within its means.
The prime minister said he was also writing letters to various world leaders to request them to use their good office and personal influence to convince Israeli leaders to stop the bombardment of Gaza and agree to a ceasefire.
Israel had attacked and terrorised Palestine since last week, killing about 500 people.
Abdullah said Malaysia continued to hold the view that durable peace and stability for Gaza could only be secured through peaceful negotiations.
He said the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) had a moral duty to stop the atrocities committed by Israel and demand a ceasefire by all sides.
"A failure by the UNSC to do that would escalate the crisis, endanger Palestinian unity and threaten the peace and security of the wider Middle East.
"Any ground offensive into Gaza by Israel is an act of total war which the international community should not tolerate.
"I note that the UN Security Council continues to fail to act on this critical matter. I therefore urge that an emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly be convened to adopt a "Uniting for Peace" resolution," he said.
Israel, he said, was meting out a systematic form of collective punishment upon Gaza without any consideration for innocent people or the destruction of their properties.
These actions were totally immoral and in clear violation of internation law and they should be condemned by all people of conscience.
"On behalf of the government and people of Malaysia, I wish to reiterate my gravest concern that Israel is continuing the bombardments against Gaza without any due regard for human lives or world public opinion," he said.
KUALA LUMPUR: Kennedy Jawan, the country’s first Iban to be appointed head of a foreign mission, will leave to assume his duties as High Commissioner in South Africa on Wednesday.
This year, the Malaysia
Food Festival 2008 was held in Chile from 25
November – 4 December 2008 with a difference.Unlike previous Malaysia Food Festivals in Chile, the chef was not
attached to any specific hotels.The
Chef held cooking demonstrations in various culinary schools in Santiago, Valparaiso and Concepcion. The highlight of the demonstration was held at the Residence. Chef Rene also held cooking demonstrations in two local TV stations. A cooking demonstration was also held in an open air cafe in the beautiful and historical city of Valparaiso (and also twin city to Melaka) where diners were serenaded by a trio of guitarists in the evening. Bubur pulut hitam has become a permanent feature in the Cafe's daily dessert menu.
Feliz Ano Nuevo (Selamat Tahun Baru) 2009 from the Embassy of Malaysia in Santiago, Chile.
Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamed was
the guest of honor of the Industry… the Future of Yemen Conference held in
Mukalla, Hadramout from 22-23 December 2008.The Conference was jointly organized by the Hadramout Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (HCCI) and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Yemen
and officially opened by H.E. Dr. Ali Abdullah Mujawar, Prime Minister of
Yemen.Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamed and his
wife Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah together with his entourage traveled to Yemen and
returned back to Malaysia with a special chartered aircraft paid by the
organizer.
The Kelab Sukan dan Rekreasi of the Embassy of Malaysia through its Biro Agama had nobly organised a special prayer session to welcome the arrival of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic calendar for the year 1430Hijrah. The prayer session was held at the musolla of the Embassy at the 12th floor of the HBS Apartments.
ASEAN Ambassadors jointly called on H.E. Kasit Piromya, Thailand’s new Foreign Minister on Friday at 0930 hours. The ASEAN Envoys were led by the Ambassador of the Philippines in his capacity as the Dean of the ASEAN diplomatic corp.
In line with the long-established tradition, the Kelab Sukan dan Rekreasi of the Embassy had organised two auspicious events on two different dates to officially welcome the arrival of TYT Dato’ Husni Zai Yaacob as the new Malaysian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand on 22 December 2008 as well as another occasion on 26 December 2008 to bid farewell to two HBS, namely, Mr. Sani Sham Ahmad (Director of MTPB) and Mr. Zakaria Mat (Security Assistant) of the Embassy who are due to end their tour of duties in January 2009.
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