ANKARA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim says his meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, scheduled for Wednesday (Jan 7), will centre on efforts to strengthen collaboration in areas including trade, investment, diplomacy, education, security, culture and tourism. Erdogan had undertaken a two-day official visit to Malaysia in February, 2025. Anwar said his first official visit to Türkiye comes nearly three years into his tenure as Prime Minister and fulfils Erdogan's repeated invitations, urging him not to delay the visit. "However, I told him that even without an official visit, I had previously come to Türkiye twice, with the first visit taking place after the major earthquake that struck the country. Earlier, Anwar arrived at Esenboga International Airport here at 7.13 pm local time (12.13 am Malaysian time) to begin his official visit, which runs until Jan 8.

Source: The Star January 07, 2026 12:40 UTC