Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Malaysian counterpart Mohammed Najib Razak on Saturday agreed to step up defence and security cooperation.
The two leaders also signed seven pacts at a meeting in New Delhi.Modi evinced keen interest in anti-radicalisation and de-radicalisation programmes run in Malaysia to prevent youth from being recruited by terror organisations. Najib presented him a book on the programme. They agreed that Malaysia would also help India hold a conference on ways to prevent radicalisation.
“Your own leadership in countering radicalisation and terrorism is an inspiration for the entire region,” Modi told Najib at a joint press meet after the meeting.
Najib is on a six-day tour to India. He called on President Pranab Mukherjee before meeting Modi on Saturday.
India and Malaysia signed an air services agreement and six memorandums of understanding for mutual recognition of educational qualifications as well as on cooperation in sports, human resource development, and palm oil technology.
The two sides also inked an MoU on proposed development of a urea and ammonia plant in Malaysia, exclusively for export to India and for offtake of existing surplus urea from Malaysia to India.
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