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Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, has landed in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lampur for a two-day tour, becoming the first Canadian prime minister to have formally visited the Southeast Asian country in 17 years. Harper landed in the capital on his way to attend a summit of Pacific Rim country leaders in Bali, where he is anticipated to head with an agenda of trade and commerce.
The annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation group, or APEC, is being eyed by Harper administration as an occasion to put forward discussions on a Pacific trade pact known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, i.e. a group of 12 countries out of the larger 21-country APEC family. And since Malaysia is among the significant countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a number of APEC leaders have planned to convene in Kuala Lumpur as a skipping stone before the summit on the Indonesian island of Bali.
Few days prior to the arrival of PM Harper, Chinese President Xi Jinping had visited Kuala Lumpur so Chinese flags could still be seen hung at the airport VIP arrival area upon Harper’s landing. Moreover, the U.S. President Barack Obama had planned to visit Malaysia and the Philippines prior to Bali, but that trip was cancelled due to unexpected budgetary impasse in Congress and consequent U.S. government shutdown. Harper will be most prominently advocating Canadian business connections during a light itinerary in Kuala Lumpur, while also raising issues including human smuggling and security problems.
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