KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had an audience with the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani here today.
Najib and the Qatari monarch discussed efforts to strengthen ties between Malaysia and Qatar, and other issues of mutual concern.
This is the first visit for Sheikh Tamim, 35, to Malaysia after becoming the Emir of Qatar in June 2013.
He is in Kuala Lumpur in conjunction with the 128th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre opened by Najib Thursday night. --BERNAMA