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Thursday 20 December 2012

Najib Arrives In Delhi For Asean-India Commemorative Summit

By M. Saraswathi

NEW DELHI, Dec 20 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak arrived here Wednesday night to attend the two-day Asean-India Commemorative Summit which starts Thursday.

The plane carrying Najib and his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor landed at Palam Air Force Station at 10.05 pm (12.35 am on Thursday in Malaysia).

The Malaysian leader was received by E.Ahamed, India's Minister of State for External Affairs and Human Resource Development, and Malaysian High Commissioner Datuk Tan Seng Sung.

Najib will be joined at the summit by Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman, International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri G.Palanivel, Special Envoy to India and South Asia for Infrastructure Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, as well as senior officials for the relevant ministries.

On the sidelines of the Delhi gathering themed 'Asean-India Partnership for Peace and Shared Prosperity', Najib is scheduled to have a bilateral meeting with his Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh.

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