Discussion between oldest, youngest leaders in the world

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Dr Mahathir shakes hands with Kurz in Vienna. — Bernama photo

VIENNA: The meeting between Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria Sebastian Kurz yesterday created history as a meeting between the oldest and youngest leaders in the world.

The prime minister, 93, is at the helm again as the seventh premier after the Pakatan Harapan won the 14th general election last May. Dr Mahathir was the fourth Malaysian prime minister from 1981 to 2003.

The prime minister  is in Vienna after his last visit here in 1985.

Meanwhile his counterpart, Kurz, is the youngest national leader in the world at 32.

Dr Mahathir is on a three-day working visit here, attending two events on corruption — The 10th General Conference and Annual Meeting of the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA) and lecture at International Anti-Corruption Academy.

Dr Mahathir was accompanied by his wife Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali here.— Bernama