Malaysia to continue role of assisting South South cooperation members: Najib
BANDUNG: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said Malaysia will continue to play its roles in assisting members of the South South Cooperation (SSC) in various fields especially in technical areas.
He said the country's major contributions were in training under the Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP), as well as investments in SSC countries.
"For example, our entrepreneurs have open university branches and invested in manufacturing, housing and basic infrastructural facilities and so on," the prime minister told Malaysian journalists after attending a 'Historical Walk.' a highlight of the 60th Asian-African Conference Commemoration (AACC) and the 10th anniversary of the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership here.
Also present in the Malaysian delegation was his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.
South–South Cooperation is a term historically used by policymakers and academics to describe the exchange of resources, technology, and knowledge between developing countries.
At the same time, Najib said when Malaysian companies expanded and went regional and global, they would be able to penetrate the markets of SSC countries. – Bernama