ANKARA: Malaysia is eager to additional develop cooperation with Turkiye to faucet the latter’s distinctive experience in the defence industry.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob stated this matter was raised in his assembly with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the Presidential Complex right here Thursday (July 7), and likewise throughout his go to to two main gamers in the republic’s defence and aerospace industries – MKE Corporation and Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI).
He stated the continued modernisation of Malaysia’s defence programs took into consideration present geopolitical developments, and the scope of cooperation went past the mere buy of navy property and gear.
“On the opposite hand, it entails investments and manufacturing by worldwide defence industry gamers in Malaysia.
“This approach will benefit us in terms of technology transfer, expertise and creation of job opportunities, as well as participation of local players in the industry,” he stated at a information convention for Malaysian journalists on the finish of his four-day official go to to Turkiye on Friday (July 8).
For the long run, the federal government goals to make Malaysia a hub for contemporary defence industry in Asean, and it consists of proposals to purchase navy drones from Turkiye which contain the establishing of factories in Malaysia.
He stated the federal government deliberate to make it obligatory for firms getting tenders for supplying drones to construct factories in Malaysia, with the matter to be finalised as soon as the proposal on drone buy was accredited by the Finance Ministry.
Malaysia and Turkiye are additionally in settlement on the necessity to proceed supporting the wrestle of the Palestinians to finish the cruelty of the Zionist regime and realise Palestine as an unbiased and sovereign nation.
“We will voice our help for the folks of Palestine on the worldwide degree by working along with different Islamic international locations and the OIC. We hope the problem of oppression of the Palestinians will proceed to be raised on the United Nations,” he added.
Ismail Sabri stated his maiden go to to Turkiye as prime minister was very profitable because it had achieved the specified outcomes.
“He (President Erdogan) considers Malaysia as a buddy and brother … brotherly international locations. Even conferences at formal settings have been carried out in an off-the-cuff method. From begin to end, he addressed me as brother Ismail. I contemplate that as an honour,” Ismail Sabri stated. – Bernama
