SINGAPORE: Amos Yee was sent back to a United States prison on Tuesday (Nov 7), one month after being released on parole.
PETALING JAYA: It’s thorny, pungent, perhaps even foul smelling to some, but it does a darn good job at breaking the ice.
“This is durian diplomacy!” Japanese ambassador to Malayasia Takahashi Katsuhiko tweeted about the occasion on Sunday when the Japanese Prime Minister was on a working visit to Malaysia.In a video posted by the ambassador, a smiling Anwar was seen encouraging Kishida to try the durian when both were having refreshments that day.
“It’s these things that can lead to deep friendships between world leaders,” said Syed Hamid, who was foreign minister from 1999 to 2008. “Back in my day, trying out durian was something we invited all the foreign dignitaries to do, but we wouldn’t serve it to them if they did not ask for it.” A Foreign Ministry official, who is involved in setting up these unique exchanges such as durian-tastings, concurred with Syed Hamid’s assessment, saying that these experiences are how countries project “soft power.”
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