SL to bag yet another ASEAN MoU

In the wake of the successful B2B MoU between Sri Lankan and S'Pore biz last May, is the next ASEAN bilateral B2B invitation - call for fully fledged MoU between Malaysia and Sri Lanka biz. "We are highly encouraged by the call for closer B2B linkages between Malaysia and Sri Lanka businesses as Sri Lanka-Malaysia bilateral trade topped $ 800 Mn. The invitation by Syed Ali Alattas, President of NCCIM to me today to visit Malaysia to initiate the Malaysian Chapter of SL-Malaysia Business Council is an important event in our bilateral trade history" announced Rishad Bathiudeen, Minister of Industry of Commerce on July, 5.

Minister Bathiudeen announced this in the aftermath of the courtesy call on him by the Malaysian business delegation led by Syed Ali Alattas, the visiting President of the National Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (NCCIM, or Dewan Perniagaan dan Perindustrian Kebangsaan Malaysia), together with Azmi Zainuddin, the Malaysian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, on July 5, at his Ministry in Colombo 03.

Ali Alattas' NCCIM is the umbrella body of no less than five trade, industry and commerce Chambers in Malaysia- the Malay Chamber of Commerce, the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia, Malaysian Associated Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers. NCCIM is also part of two top regional trade bodies-the ASEAN Chamber of Commerce and Industry as well as Confederation of Asia Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry.