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KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Nur Zahirah will today begin a six-day state visit to Laos and Cambodia.
Their visit to Laos at the invitation of President Choummaly Sayasone was the first by a Malaysian head of state in the history of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The king and queen, accompanied by Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek as the minister-in-attendance and senior government officials, will be in Laos for three days.
In Vientiane, Tuanku Mizan and Tuanku Nur Zahirah will grant an audience to Choummaly, Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh and National Assembly chairman Thongsing Thammavong.
Choummaly will host a state banquet in honour of Tuanku Mizan and Tuanku Nur Zahirah.
The majesties will also meet Malaysians in Laos.
On Wednesday, the royal couple will depart for Cambodia for a four-day visit at the invitation of King Norodom Sihamoni.
In Phnom Penh, Tuanku Mizan will have an audience with King Norodom Sihamoni, National Assembly president Heng Samrin and Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Their visit to Laos at the invitation of President Choummaly Sayasone was the first by a Malaysian head of state in the history of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The king and queen, accompanied by Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek as the minister-in-attendance and senior government officials, will be in Laos for three days.
In Vientiane, Tuanku Mizan and Tuanku Nur Zahirah will grant an audience to Choummaly, Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh and National Assembly chairman Thongsing Thammavong.
Choummaly will host a state banquet in honour of Tuanku Mizan and Tuanku Nur Zahirah.
The majesties will also meet Malaysians in Laos.
On Wednesday, the royal couple will depart for Cambodia for a four-day visit at the invitation of King Norodom Sihamoni.
In Phnom Penh, Tuanku Mizan will have an audience with King Norodom Sihamoni, National Assembly president Heng Samrin and Prime Minister Hun Sen.
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