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Malaysia's King on State Visit to Russia as Both Sides Look to Shore Up Ties
The Straits Times
|August 07, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Malaysia's King, Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, at the Kremlin on Aug. 6, as the two nations look to shore up ties amid shifting global alliances.
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MOSCOW –
It is the first state visit of a monarch from Malaysia to Russia since diplomatic relations were established with the Soviet Union in 1967.
The visit highlights the deepening ties between Russia and Malaysia despite calls from the US and other leading democracies to punish Moscow for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine that began more than three years ago.
This story is from the August 07, 2025 edition of The Straits Times.
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