DOHA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who is due here for a two-day visit from today, has been invited to have an audience with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Khalifa Al-Thani, the Malaysian Ambassador to Qatar, Ahmad Jazri Mohd Johar, said.
Najib has also been invited to meet his counterpart Sheikh Hamad Jassim Jabr Al-Thani, he added.
He said that the recognition accorded to Najib was special because not all foreign dignitaries were able to meet both the Emir and the prime minister at their residence.
Speaking to Malaysian journalists here, he said Najib and wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor would also be hosted to a dinner by Qatar prime minister and his wife.
Only four of them would be at the dinner, he said.
“This is an honour for Malaysia and a good sign because both leaders will be able to discuss more closely about plans which both countries intend to implement,” he said.
Najib and wife are expected to arrive here at 4pm today (9pm Malaysian time).
This is Najib’s first visit to this Emirate since becoming the prime minister in 2009.
Ahmad Jazri said the visit would pave the way for both countries to enhance trade relations apart from giving the corporate sectors of both sides an avenue to interact and discuss possible collaborations.
“We want to make use of this opportunity to take the existing ties to greater heights for the benefit of both countries,” he said, adding that Qatar government welcomes Malaysian investors. — Bernama