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VERBATIM TEXT: OPENING REMARKS BY THE HONOURABLE DATO’ SERI ANWAR BIN IBRAHIM PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA AT THE 5TH REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP (RCEP) SUMMIT

 

VERBATIM TEXT: OPENING REMARKS BY THE HONOURABLE DATO’ SERI ANWAR BIN

IBRAHIM PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA AT THE 5TH REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE

ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP (RCEP) SUMMIT

 

VERBATIM TEXT

OPENING REMARKS BY

THE HONOURABLE DATO’ SERI ANWAR BIN IBRAHIM

PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA

AT THE

5TH REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP (RCEP) SUMMIT

 

Your Majesty, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,

1. Again, on behalf of the Government and people of Malaysia, I welcome all of you to the 5th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Summit.

2. Now, it carries a special significance because it is the first gathering of RCEP leaders since its signing. Signing the agreement in 2020 at the height of COVID-19 pandemic. 3. Since then, trade, investment, and people-to-people exchanges have rebounded strongly, underscoring our resilience and shared prosperity that define the RCEP spirit.

4. So again, we meet at a pivotal moment, and to us, the steady importance of this meeting is clearer than ever.

5. So, seize this opportunity to engage in an open and forward-looking dialogue, and by working together, we know the results and certainly to ensure that we lay the foundation for peace, for enduring peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific.

6. So, thank you again to all present and we will proceed as agreed by the Foreign Ministers. The Foreign Ministers actually made a lot of instructions to us. We can choose to overrule them. But then they said that the meeting should be closed.

7. So, members of the media, please go and have your tea and coffee and cakes. Come back when we need you. Thank you, Terima kasih, Arigato gozaimasu, Xiexie, Kamsahamnida.

 

Prime Minister's Office OF MALAYSIA

27 OCT 2025 – VERBATIM TEXT RCEP SUMMIT 


10/27/25

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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