SINGAPORE: The bilateral relationship between Malaysia and Singapore are at its best in history, and this has enabled both sides to enjoy economic and security benefits.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the warm ties between the two countries was a result of a close relationship, and efforts made by both governments to put their peoples interest above all else.
"I am delighted that relations between Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and I, and therefore between our two governments, are now so warm –- indeed, I think it would be no exaggeration to say they have never been better in our countries’ histories.
"This closeness, and the agreements that follow, are of tangible economic and security benefit to all Malaysians and Singaporeans. This should be the priority of national leaders – the people’s interests above all else," he said in a speech titled 'Malaysia-Singapore: The Ties That Bind' at the annual dinner of the Economic Society of Singapore.
Some 700 people attended the dinner which coincides with the Malaysia-Singapore 6th Leaders' Retreat.
Also present were Lee, his wife Ho Ching, Najib's wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Malaysian High Commissioner to Singapore, Datuk Husni Zai Yaacob, and Malaysian and Singaporean cabinet ministers.