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India and Malaysia connected Sunday (February 8, 2026) vowed to grow their ties successful the high-priority sectors of commercialized and investment, defence, energy, precocious manufacturing and semiconductors, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that some sides are committed to bid and stableness successful the Indo-Pacific.
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Following his wide-ranging talks with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Mr. Modi reiterated India’s presumption connected combating coercion arsenic helium said, “Our connection connected coercion is clear: nary treble standards, nary compromise.” The 2 sides inked a full of 11 agreements and documents to grow practice successful a scope of cardinal areas, including a model pact for deeper engagement successful the semiconductor sector.
Both Mr. Modi, who arrived successful Kuala Lumpur connected Saturday (February 7, 2026), and Mr. Ibrahim appreciated efforts to beforehand the usage of section currencies — the Indian Rupee and Malaysian Ringgit — for commercialized settlement.
During the visit, Mr. Modi besides met Malaysia’s Indian-origin Ministers, MPs and Senators and interacted with four starring manufacture leaders of Malaysia.
“We volition pave the mode for economical translation done strategical trust,” Mr. Modi said, describing the India-Malaysia narration arsenic "special".
“We are maritime neighbours. For centuries, our peoples person had heavy and cordial ties,” helium said successful his media statement.
Mr. Modi besides announced India’s determination to found an Indian Consulate General successful Malaysia.
In his remarks, Mr. Ibrahim noted India’s economical maturation and said his state would payment immensely if it could unafraid much ways and opportunities to collaborate with New Delhi.
“It (India's economical growth) is 1 spectacular emergence successful the planetary system and commercialized scene,” helium said, describing the determination to usage section currencies for bilateral commercialized arsenic “remarkable”.
In the talks, Malaysia extended its enactment for India’s imperishable rank successful a reformed United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
Elaborating connected engagement successful the information domain, Mr. Modi said practice successful counter-terrorism, quality sharing, and maritime information volition beryllium strengthened, adding that some sides volition further grow defence ties.
“Along with AI and integer technologies, we volition beforehand partnerships successful semiconductors, health, and nutrient security,” helium said, noting that the discussions astatine the CEO Forum opened caller opportunities for commercialized and investment.
The Prime Minister touched upon India’s presumption connected the Indo-Pacific and its steadfast views connected the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) centrality successful the region.
“The Indo-Pacific portion is emerging arsenic the world's maturation engine. We, on with ASEAN, are committed to development, peace, and stableness passim the Indo-Pacific region,” helium said.
“With the enactment of affable countries similar Malaysia, India volition further grow its relations with ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations). We hold that the reappraisal of the ASEAN-India Trade Agreement, ITIGA, should beryllium completed expeditiously,” helium added.
Mr. Modi said helium and Mr. Ibrahim besides had a “meaningful discussion” connected determination and planetary issues.
“In this situation of planetary instability, the increasing relationship betwixt India and Malaysia is of captious value to some countries... We stock the presumption that betterment of planetary institutions is indispensable to code today's challenges. We volition proceed to enactment each efforts for peace. And our connection connected coercion is clear: No treble standards, nary compromise,” helium added.
“We admit your committedness to India-Malaysia relations. Let america unneurotic realise your imagination of a prosperous Malaysia and our resoluteness for a developed India,” helium said.
The 2 Prime Ministers besides “unequivocally and powerfully condemned” coercion successful each its forms, including cross-border coercion and called for “zero tolerance” of terrorism, according to a associated statement.
The 2 leaders besides called for concerted planetary efforts to combat coercion successful a broad and sustained mode and agreed to enactment towards countering radicalisation and convulsive extremism.
They besides resolved to enactment towards combating the financing of coercion and preventing the usage of caller and emerging technologies for violent purposes.
The 2 leaders reaffirmed their committedness to fortify bilateral and multilateral practice successful countering terrorism, including successful the U.N. and FATF (Financial Action Task Force), the connection said.
Mr. Modi and Mr. Ibrahim besides agreed to fortify practice successful multilateral fora, including astatine the U.N., and enactment reforms of planetary institutions.
“They pledged to enactment unneurotic to heighten multilateralism, reflective of modern realities truthful arsenic to marque planetary organisations, including the UNSC, much representative,” the associated connection said.
“Reflecting the beardown tone of communal enactment successful multilateral forums, the 2 Leaders discussed communal enactment for assorted planetary candidatures. India profoundly appreciated Malaysia’s enactment for India’s imperishable rank successful a reformed UNSC,” it said.
During his gathering with Malaysia’s Indian-origin governmental leaders, helium appreciated their progressive relation successful strengthening the bilateral narration betwixt the 2 countries. The PIOs included Tuan Gobind Singh Deo, Minister of Digital; Ramanan Ramakrishnan, Minister of Human Resources; M Kulasegaran, Deputy Minister successful the Prime Minister’s Department; and R Yuneswaran, Deputy Minister of National Unity, among others. “The PIO leaders expressed their appreciation for Prime Minister’s enactment successful gathering the Comprehensive Strategic concern betwixt the 2 countries and initiatives aimed astatine advancing the India-Malaysia relationship,” according to a connection issued by the Ministry of External Affairs.
He besides interacted with 4 starring manufacture leaders of Malaysia — Tengku Muhammad Taufik, president and Group CEO of PETRONAS; Vincent Tan Chee Yioun, laminitis of Berjaya Corporation Berhad; Amirul Feisal Wan Zahir, managing manager of Khazanah Nasional Berhad; and Pua Khein Seng, laminitis of Phison Electronics. Mr. Modi highlighted the initiatives and reforms undertaken successful India successful caller years to beforehand easiness of doing concern and make a stable, businesslike and predictable concern and argumentation environment. He called upon businesses successful Malaysia to research the opportunities offered by India, peculiarly successful the areas of infrastructure, renewable energy, integer technology, semiconductors, AI, and healthcare, among others.
