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VERBATIM TEXT: OPENING REMARKS BY THE HONOURABLE DATO’ SERI ANWAR BIN IBRAHIM PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA AT THE 28TH ASEAN – CHINA SUMMIT

VERBATIM TEXT: OPENING REMARKS

BY THE HONOURABLE DATO’ SERI ANWAR BIN IBRAHIM

PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA

AT THE

28TH ASEAN – CHINA SUMMIT

 

Assalamulaikum Warahmatullah, selamat pagi.

Welcome to the ASEAN – China Summit, and

on behalf of ASEAN, I’m delighted to welcome Premier Li Qiang, Premier of the People’s Republic of China.

Premier Li, you were with us earlier this year for the ASEAN GCC – China Summit. We are honoured to have you again today. It is a reflection of China’s firm and unyielding commitment to deepening ties with ASEAN. And if people are curious, day before we were with President Donald Trump of the United States of America, and today we are back with China.

That reflects ASEAN centrality and I commend and congratulate my colleagues in ASEAN for the wisdom to maintain centrality and maintain friendly relations with all countries.

This is what we consider as steady engagement that fosters trust, that enables us to work through challenges together. There are 11 of us, Premier Li Qiang, now with Timor Leste as a new member. Complete uniformity of views is neither possible nor desirable but I believe this appreciation for China’s consistent and constructive engagement is shared by all.

Now, we have seen and witnessed the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) 3.0 Upgrade Protocol, which marks an important step in our economic cooperation and I thank again, my colleagues in ASEAN and China for this spectacular feat in terms of the FTA as the First ASEAN – China FTA.

So again, thank you Premier Li Qiang, the Premier of the People’s Republic of China, for joining us and I share the sentiments of all our colleagues in ASEAN and I now have the pleasure of inviting you to deliver your opening remarks.

 

Prime Minister's Office OF MALAYSIA

28 OCT 2025 – CHINA SUMMIT


10/28/25

LIST OF CONVENTIONS / TREATIES THAT HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED INTO BAHASA MELAYU

Ratified by Malaysia

1. Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, CEDAW
   
2. Convention on the Rights of the Child, CRC
 
2.1 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostiitution and child pornography
2.2 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict ; and
   
3. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, CRPD 
   
4. Geneva Convention
 
4.1 Geneva Convention For The Amelioration Of The Condition Of The Wounded And Sick In Armed Forces In The Field Of 12 August 1949
4.2 Geneva Convention For The Amelioration Of The Condition Of Wounded, Sick And Shipwrecked Members Of Armed Forces At Sea Of 12 August 1949
4.3 Geneva Convention Relative To The Treatment Of Prisoners Of War Of 12 August 1949
4.4 Geneva Convention Relative To The Protection Of Civilian Persons In Time Of War Of 12 August 1949
   

Yet to ratify

5. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 
   
6. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, CEDAW 
   
7. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure
   
8. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment – CAT
 
8.1 Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
   
9. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR
 
9.1 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: and
9.2 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of death penalty
   
10. International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - ICERD
   
11. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - ICESR
 
11.1 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
   
12. International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance - ICPED
   
13. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families - ICRMW
   
14. Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951;
 
14.1 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1967
   
15. Rome Statute
   

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