KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has congratulated Singapore’s former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam over his victory in the island republic’s presidential election on Friday.
He also prayed that bilateral relations and cooperation between Malaysia and Singapore remain intact in a family spirit that will benefit the people of both nations. The prime minister also hoped that Singapore would continue to prosper under Tharman's leadership. “Congratulations to Tharman Shanmugaratnam as the new president of the Republic of Singapore!,” he said in a social media post today.
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