Malaysia welcomes Saudi Arabia leveraging the country's RCEP participation
Malaysia is welcoming Saudi Arabia to leverage the country’s position as the ideal gateway for the kingdom’s enterprises to penetrate the ASEAN market as well as the larger Asian market through the mega Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which comprises 15 countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
马来西亚欢迎沙特阿拉伯利用该国作为该国企业通过大型区域全面经济伙伴关系（RCEP）打入东盟市场以及更大的亚洲市场的理想门户的地位，其中包括亚太地区的 15 个国家。
“This would be particularly strategic in view of the recently launched Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) of which, Malaysia is a partner country,” it said in a statement in conjunction with a courtesy call to Senior Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali from Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his delegation in Putrajaya on
8th June.
“鉴于最近推出的印度太平洋经济框架（IPEF），马来西亚是其中的伙伴国，这将具有特别的战略意义，”它在一份声明中说，同时礼貌地拜访了国际贸易和工业高级部长Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali沙特外交大臣Faisal bin Farhan亲王和他的代表团6 月 8 日在布城。
It said during the meeting, both Malaysia and the kingdom reaffirmed commitments to strengthen bilateral trade and investment relations to greater heights.
它说，在会议期间，马来西亚和沙特都重申了将双边贸易和投资关系加强到更高水平的承诺。
The ministry said Malaysia also further welcomed Prince Faisal’s highlighting the possibility of establishing a Malaysia-Gulf Cooperation Council trade agreement towards greater economic integration between Malaysia and Gulf members.
该部表示，马来西亚还进一步欢迎Faisal亲王强调建立马来西亚-海湾合作委员会贸易协定的可能性，以促进马来西亚与海湾成员之间的经济一体化。
It said drawing shared aspirations between Malaysia’s National Investment Aspirations and the kingdom’s 2030 Vision, Azmin welcomed Saudi businesses to explore trade and investment opportunities with Malaysian companies, particularly in high-tech manufacturing projects and emerging industries.
它说，在马来西亚的国家投资愿望和沙特的 2030 愿景之间有着共同的愿望，Azmin欢迎沙特企业与马来西亚公司探索贸易和投资机会，特别是在高科技制造项目和新兴产业方面。
“In this regard, both parties concurred on the imperative of the businesses being led by the private sector,” it said.
“在这方面，双方都同意私营部门领导企业的必要性，”它说。
In 2021, Saudi Arabia was Malaysia’s second-largest trading partner, third-largest export destination and the largest source of imports among West Asian nations.
2021年，沙特阿拉伯是马来西亚第二大贸易伙伴、第三大出口目的地和西亚国家中最大的进口来源地。
Malaysia achieved a total trade of RM17.56 billion with Saudi Arabia in 2021 and, as of April 2022, had secured a total trade of RM10.42 billion, a marked increase of 98.2 % as compared to RM5.26 billion in the corresponding period of 2021.
马来西亚在 2021 年与沙特阿拉伯的总贸易额为 175.6 亿令吉，截至 2022 年 4 月，总贸易额为 104.2 亿令吉，与相应的 52.6 亿令吉相比显着增长 98.2% 2021 年期间。