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Through its Look East, Act East policy, India has rejuvenated ties with Malaysia. Prime Minister Narendra Modi 2015 visit was a major landmark in that effort.

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After spending a day and a half in Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Razak headed to New Delhi for his political engagements. He is expected to conclude his visit in Jaipur, Rajasthan, and take stock of Malaysian investments in infrastructure projects worth US$ 1.2 1.4 billion.

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Malaysia sees India as a strong economic partner in the South Asian region. With two way trade of US$ 12.79 billion in 2015 16, India was Malaysia 10th largest trading partner.

However, bilateral trade has been falling and is currently much below potential. It has gone down from US$ 16.93 billion in 2014 15, but the trade deficit remained almost the same. In cheap jordans in china 2014 15, it stood at US$ 5.3 billion, and US$ 5.03 billion in 2015 16.

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Prime Minister Razak is sensitive to the point that Malaysia is home to seven percent Malaysians of Indian (mainly Tamil) origin, and is keen to make this a plus in Indo Malaysian ties.

As of 2015, there were as many as 1,70,000 Tamils living cheap jordans on sale in Malaysia. This visit will help rekindle the people to people ties between the two countries. cheap jordans shoes It will not only allow the Malaysian leadership to get closer to the Indian diaspora, but will also be help India reach out to its people in Malaysia.

In fact, Prime Minister Razak Chennai visit and his meeting with Rajinikanth are part of wooing cheap Air max shoes Indian origin Malaysians and to highlight the commonalities between the two countries.

Both sides should finalise the much awaited air service agreement which would boost air connectivity and tourism in India as well as Malaysia.

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Undeniably, given its size and image of being a benign power in the region, India is an important part of the efforts to make the region peaceful and prosperous.

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While India Malaysia defence ties are considerably strong, both sides need to ensure that exchanges between defence personnel are strengthened through regular joint military exercises and dialogue at various tiers. Malaysia is one of India’s significant defence partners for India, and robust ties with Malaysia are vital to the success of India positioning in the Indo Pacific region.

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