KUALA LUMPUR: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is due to arrive in Malaysia on Wednesday for a two-day official visit, his first since assuming office on June 30 this year. Also on the cards are security issues in the Sulu-Sulawesi Sea, counter-terrorism, and the Philippines’ chairmanship of Asean next year. Malaysia is the Philippines’ 10th largest trading parter in 2015 and is the second largest investor in the country among all Asean-member states. The report also quoted Jose as saying that Duterte could also raise his administration’s much-publicised campaign against the narcotics trade. Duterte, he said, aimed to further deepen ties between the Philippines and Malaysia for the mutual benefit of the two nations and their people.

Source: New Strait Times November 07, 2016 10:38 UTC