Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim held official talks to further strengthen the India–Malaysia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership established in 2024.

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• Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to deepen the India–Malaysia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

• The leaders reviewed cooperation across trade and investment, defence and security, maritime affairs, clean energy, infrastructure, start-ups, agriculture, education, health, tourism and culture.

• Both sides emphasized strong civilisational ties and people-to-people linkages as the foundation of bilateral relations.

• Cooperation in emerging areas such as semiconductors and artificial intelligence was discussed, along with progress under the bilateral Digital Council.

• The leaders welcomed the UPI–PayNet agreement to strengthen digital payments and fintech collaboration.

• Prime Minister Modi stressed youth engagement through parliamentary and university exchanges and welcomed academic ties involving Nalanda University, IIT Madras and Malaysian institutions.

• Regional and global issues were discussed, including ASEAN–India partnership, Indo-Pacific developments and early completion of the ASEAN–India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) review.

• Several agreements were exchanged covering digital payments, security, semiconductors, health, disaster management, corruption prevention, audiovisual co-production and UN peacekeeping cooperation.