KUALA LUMPUR: New Zealand Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro was accorded a state welcome at Istana Negara here on Monday (Oct 2), in conjunction with her maiden four-day visit to Malaysia which began yesterday.
On arrival at 11am, Kiro and her husband Dr Richard Davies, were greeted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah.
The Governor-General of New Zealand then inspected a guard of honor mounted by four officers and 103 rank-and-file personnel of the First Battalion of the Royal Malay Regiment, Kuala Lumpur led by Major Mohd Waqiyudin Abd Rahman. The two leaders then held a meeting at Dewan Seri Maharaja and later attended an orchid-naming ceremony during which a hybrid orchid was named Dendrobium Cynthia Kiro in honour of the New Zealand leader.This is Kiro’s maiden visit to Malaysia and the South-East Asian region since assuming office on Oct 21, 2021.
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