05 Jun 2021 / 12:10 H.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Foreign Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein (
pix) is to discuss the Chinese air force incursion incident with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of the Special Asean-China Foreign Ministers in China on Monday (June 7).
A statement from the Malaysian Foreign Ministry (Wisma Putra) today said Hishammuddin will be leading the Malaysian delegation to the meeting in Chongqing, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Asean-China Dialogue Relations.
“All Asean Foreign Ministers and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, as well as the Secretary-General of Asean are expected to attend the Meeting,” the statement read.
Malaysian Foreign Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein (pictured) is to discuss the Chinese air force incursion incident with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi at the sidelines of the Special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers in China on Monday (June 7)
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In the last week of July, 2020, an “online war” arose between Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin, Jr. and Malaysian Foreign Affairs Minister Hishammuddin Hussein over a simple tweet from the U.S. Embassy in Manila, regarding a donation from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to returning Filipino repatriates “from Sabah, Malaysia.” The tweet sparked an enraged response from Secretary Locsin, who replied that “Sabah is not in Malaysia if you want to have anything to do with the Philippines.” Two days later, Minister Hussein tweeted that “Sabah is, and will always be, part of Malaysia”, qualifying Secretary Locsin’s tweet as an “irresponsible statement that affects bilateral ties.” While the two parties have summoned each other’s representatives for an explanation on the matter, the case of Sabah raises fundamental questions about the direction of the country’s foreign policies.