25,000 participants from 164 countries are expected to visit Kuala Lumpur from February 7-13 for the World Urban Forum. This biennial event, which has been organized by UN-Habitat since 2002, is the main international summit on territorial development. It brings together all public, private and non-governmental actors working to improve living conditions in cities.
Matthias Fekl, minister of state for foreign trade, the promotion of tourism, and French nationals abroad, met with Mah Siew Keong, Malaysia’s minister of plantation industries and commodities.
They reviewed French-Malaysian economic relations, particularly in the area of agriculture.
Malaysia is one of France’s major economic partners in Southeast Asia. With commercial exchanges amounting to 4.2 billion euros, it is our fourth-largest trading partner in the region and harbors more than 270 French companies.
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