KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 — All preparations are in place to welcome China President Xi Jinping, who arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) today for a three-day state visit to Malaysia, said Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil.
He said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, along with Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan and Transport Minister Anthony Loke, welcomed Xi at the KLIA Bunga Raya Complex.
“We are all set… The main event will take place tomorrow, starting with a state welcome in the morning, followed by a series of signing ceremonies of memorandums of understanding between the Malaysian and Chinese governments, as well as between agencies in the afternoon,” he told reporters at Wisma Bernama today.
Fahmi also said national protocols for the state visit have been complied with, after the state funeral for former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today.
Xi’s visit is at the invitation of His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia.
The visit is his second official one to Malaysia in 12 years.
During the visit, Xi is set to meet Sultan Ibrahim and hold a bilateral meeting with Anwar.
— Bernama
