India–Malaysia relations, also called the Indo-Malaysian relations, are the

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between

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and

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. India has a high commission in

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, and Malaysia has a high commission in

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and a consulate general in

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and

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. Both countries are full members of the

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(with a hyphen) in order to distinguish an abbreviated reference to this group -- contrasts with other similarly named entities. India and Malaysia are also connected by various cultural and historical ties that date back to antiquity. The two countries are on excellently friendly terms with each other seeing as Malaysia is home to a strong concentration of Indian immigrants.

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, the fourth and longest serving Prime Minister of Malaysia has

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ancestry. On trade front their bilateral trade volume stands at $10.5 billion and is poised to reach $25 billion by 2020.

History

Ancient relations

Modern history

Official diplomatic relations between both modern states was established in 1957, following the

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independence. Since then, both countries leaders has made several visits to each others. In 2020, following comments from Malaysian Prime Minister

speaking in opposition to the revocation of Kashmir's special status and the passing of the

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, India imposed restrictions on Malaysian

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imports. But the ousting of

from the Malaysian Prime Minister's seat in late March had blown for a fresh reconciliation of ties when

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which had climbed to power in the face of huge domestic and regional scrutiny for conducting a bypass of election rights of citizens, had signed a record deal with India to import 100,000 tones of rice. In response to this, The Indian government lifted any sort of trade bans placed on the imports of Malaysian palm oil, thus subsequently increasing the import volume to an all-time high average of 500,000 tones per month.

Economic relations

From 2000 to 2013, Malaysia is the 19th largest investor in India with cumulative FDI inflows valued at US$618.37 million. More than US$6 billion Malaysian investments also come in the form of telecommunications, healthcare, banking and construction projects. Trade between the two countries has increased from just US$0.6 billion in 1992 to US$13.32 billion in 2012. Beside that, Indian industrial, IT and healthcare companies also investing in Malaysia along with around 150,000 Indians (including 10,000 Indian expatriates) skilled and semi-skilled workers been employed in the country in the sectors of IT, manufacturing and banking. Malaysian companies as well participating in many infrastructure projects across different Indian states. In 2017, India and Malaysia signed a new business deal amounting to U$36 billion with the exchange of 31 business memorandum of understanding (MoUs), the largest in the history of economic relations between the two countries. There is also a Malaysia India Business Council.

Education relations

Between the 1960s and 1970s, around 30,000 Malaysian students have studied in Indian educational institutions, mostly in the medical field, with over 30% of the doctors in Malaysia today having been educated in India. The Indian government also provides scholarship to Malaysian students. Due to many Malaysian medical students' need to pursue their education in India, the Manipal Global Education Group agreed to set up their campuses in Malaysia.

Security relations

Since before the formation of Malaysia, many of the country security forces members are trained in India. To counter the growing Chinese influence, India has expressed interest in increasing military and security co-operation with Malaysia.

References

External links

High Commission of India in Malaysia

High Commission of Malaysia in India
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Bilateral relations of Malaysia