I would like to thank His Excellency Lee Hsien Loong, the Prime Minister of Singapore for reaching out and congratulating me on my appointment as the 9th Prime Minister of Malaysia.

In this brief conversation, I took the opportunity to wish Singapore her 56th Independence Day which was celebrated on the 9th of August. I expressed Malaysia’s high commitment to further strengthening our existing bilateral relations on top of exploring new potentials in various fields for our mutual interests.

I look forward to visiting Singapore and meeting His Excellency to discuss how both Malaysia and Singapore can benefit from the longstanding relationship.