Xi lauds fruitful ties with Malaysia

To carry forward the two countries' enduring friendship, Xi encouraged China and Malaysia to engage in the Confucian-Islamic civilizational dialogue and take the signing of a visa exemption agreement as an opportunity to promote tourism, enhance youth exchanges and deepen cooperation in culture, education and other areas.

China is willing to continue conducting research on giant panda conservation in cooperation with Malaysia, he said.

Malaysia is the rotating chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for 2025. Xi said that Malaysia's designation of this year's theme as "Inclusivity and Sustainability" demonstrates a profound insight into the current situation. China supports Malaysia in fulfilling its role and is willing to work with countries in the region to sign the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area Upgrade 3.0 Protocol at an early date, he said.

By advocating peace, cooperation, inclusiveness and integration, countries in the region can resist decoupling, "small yard, high fences" and the abuse of tariffs, thus addressing the world's instability and uncertainty with Asia's stability and certainty, Xi said.

Anwar said the record-breaking cooperation results achieved during Xi's visit are of great significance and are inspiring for the Malaysian side. Malaysia welcomes Chinese enterprises to invest and develop in Malaysia and conduct cooperation in emerging technologies so that both countries can achieve greater development, he said.

In the face of rising unilateralism, Malaysia is willing to strengthen cooperation with China to jointly address risks and challenges, Anwar said, adding that ASEAN will not endorse any unilateral imposition of tariffs and will work together to enhance self-reliance and maintain economic growth through cooperation.