19 March 2019
Argentinian Ambassador to Malaysia, Manuel Balaguer Salas, said the high-level delegation will be the first from Malaysia since 1997 - the year Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad visited the South American country. “With this inaugural visit from the new Malaysian government , we hope that this will encourage more investors to come and penetrate the potential fields of cooperation offered by the two nations.”
Saifuddin will also participate in the Second High-Level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation , besides giving a talk entitled “Malaysia Foreign Policy under the New Government and Its Policy towards Latin America” at the Argentinian Council for International Relations , highlighting the bilateral relations between Malaysia and Latin America.
“On the economic front , we would also want to further develop with Kuala Lumpur on the halal food sector. We have been working closely with Department of Islamic Development Malaysia so that we comply with the halal requirements imposed by the Malaysian government. Asked on what would be in the pipeline after Saifuddin’s visit, Salas said Argentina’s Vice President Marta Gabriela Michetti Illia will visit Malaysia to ‘complement’ the visit by the Malaysian foreign minister.