BEIJING, Sept 18 — His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, will make a four-day trip to China, the Beijing Foreign Ministry said today, with the ruler likely to seek support to revive projects boosting Johor’s connectivity to Singapore.
His Majesty was invited by President Xi Jinping and will visit China from tomorrow to Sunday, the ministry said in a statement, giving no further details.
China’s second-ranking official, Premier Li Qiang, visited Kuala Lumpur in June and backed Malaysian plans to develop its connectivity through a US$10 billion (RM42.4 billion) East Coast Rail link to other China-backed railways projects in Laos and Thailand.
Li said the proposal will realise plans for a proposed Pan-Asia Railway running from Kunming in China to Singapore, presumably through Johor.
The King has spoken of plans to revive a stalled high-speed rail project between Malaysia and Singapore, with a border crossing in Forest City, a US$100-billion China-backed land reclamation and development project off Johor.
— Reuters
