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Bilateral Relations: Fraternal and friendly ties between Malaysia and Pakistan are marked by mutual understanding and cooperation. Pakistan was one of the first countries to recognize and establish diplomatic relations with Malaysia in 1957. Justice Abdul Hamid of Pakistan played a pivotal role in drafting Malaysia’s constitution. Malaysia as a proactive role-player in the UN and as a prominent member of OIC, NAM, ASEAN, APEC and EAS, is an important country in Pakistan’s foreign policy calculus. The two countries have close convergence of views on world affairs that translate into cooperation and support, for each other, in international fora. Malaysia has played a pivotal role in furthering Pakistan’s ‘Vision East Asia Policy’ through its support and guidance, in the context of Pakistan’s Sectoral Dialogue Partnership of ASEAN. Malaysia lent valuable support for Pakistan’s membership of ARF, ACD and ASEM. It supported Pakistan’s reinstatement to the Councils of Commonwealth, in May 2008.

Malaysia and Pakistan have signed a large number of agreements and Memoranda of Understanding, to enhance bilateral cooperation. An important, recent, agreement that came into effect on 1st January, 2008, between the two countries, namely ‘Malaysia-Pakistan Closer Economic Partnership Agreement’, is the first bilateral FTA between OIC member countries.

Frequent exchange of high-level visits has been a prominent feature of Malaysia-Pakistan relations. Recent Head of State/Head of Government level visits, from the Pakistan side, included the visit by President Pervez Musharraf in March 2000 followed by his visits to attend NAM Summit in April 2003 and the OIC Summit in October 2003. Visit by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in May 2005, followed by his visits in October, 2005, to attend Inaugural WIEF and in August, 2006, to participate in the meeting of Friends of Chairman of the 10th Islamic Summit Conference. Visit by President Pervez Musharraf in January 2007, was followed by the visit of Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani to attend the D-8 Summit, in July 2008. On the heels of the Prime Minister’s visit, came the visit of Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan at the head of a high level delegation of parliamentarians to participate in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Conference in August, 2008. Begum Fauzia Yusuf Raza Gilani, wife of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, visited Malaysia on the invitation of Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, wife of the Prime Minister of Malaysia, to attend the International Conference on ‘Early Childhood Care and Education’ in April, 2009. Begum Fauzia Yusuf Raza Gilani, delivered a ‘Luncheon Talk’ during the Conference.

From the Malaysian side, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad visited Pakistan in 2002. Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi paid a visit in February 2005, which was followed by his visit, in November 2006, to attend the 2nd WIEF Meeting in Islamabad . There have also been numerous exchange of visits at Ministerial level and regular exchange of visits by parliamentary delegations led by leaders of the Malaysian houses of parliament.