Malaysia’s Pyongyang embassy reopening to cap relations ‘recovery’, says foreign minister

Posted By: Editorial Teamon: January 03, 2020In: CITIZENSHIP & PASSPORTNo Comments

Singapore buys about half of its fresh water from Malaysia. Photo: AFP

Singapore buys about half of its fresh water from the southern Malaysian state of Johor, with which it shares a maritime border, at three Malaysian sen (less than 1 US cent) per 1,000 gallons of water – a price fixed in a 1962 agreement that has long been a sticking point between the two nations.

Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah’s annual press conference topped off a year of foreign policy missteps for Malaysia, most recently its criticism of India’s recently passed citizenship legislation that significantly cooled relations between the Asian neighbours.

More recently, the much-touted Kuala Lumpur Summit – meant to be a gathering of leaders from the Muslim world – saw Malaysia stepping on Saudi Arabia’s toes for holding a conference outside the auspices of the Saudis-dominated Organisation for Islamic Cooperation.

Riyadh saw the Kuala Lumpur Summit as an affront to its de facto leadership of the Sunni Muslim world, especially since the leaders of its three top regional rivals – Qatar, Turkey and Iran– were invited to the forum and given the honour of delivering keynote speeches.

Despite receiving invitations, the Saudis – along with allies such as the United Arab Emirates,

Egypt and Bahrain – stayed away from the summit, while Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan, who had originally hatched the idea for the forum with Mahathir last year, pulled out at the last minute after reportedly coming under pressure from the Saudis.

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