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Prime Minister arrives in Davos for WEF 2025

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DAVOS, Jan 20- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim arrived in Davos, Switzerland for a three-day working visit to attend the high-level World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Summit 2025.

Datuk Seri Anwar will join government and business leaders as well as civil society officials in the alpine resort town to address key global and regional challenges through improved global cooperation.

The prime minister, who had just concluded a two-day working visit to Belgium, will be here for the WEF meetings (scheduled from Jan 20-24, 2025), for which some 3,000 participants, including 60 heads of state and important decision-makers, are expected to attend.

During the visit, Datuk SeriAnwar will be accompanied by Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz, Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, and Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo.

On his first full day at the WEF Annual Summit 2025, the prime minister will be involved in several business meetings with leaders of multinational companies, including AstraZeneca, DP World, Medtronics, Nestle, Google, Fortescue, and TotalEnergies.

He will also attend the opening dinner hosted by WEF founder and chairman of the board of trustees Klaus Schwab.

Datuk Seri Anwar is also expected to participate in the informal gathering of the WEF Leaders luncheon and then deliver his keynote address during an ASEAN Plenary session entitled “Even Stronger Together”, where he will discuss the priorities of the ASEAN-Malaysia Chairmanship 2025 and ASEAN's important role in the region in shaping the global economic landscape.

He will wrap up his working visit to the WEF with a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Dick Schoof.

MOHD FIRDAUS BIN RUSLI