India has to grapple with 'some serious issues' affecting religious sentiments, but it continues to play its rightful role: Malaysian PM
Anwar Ibrahim, who is on a state visit to India, stated on Tuesday that India has to grapple with some 'serious issues' concerning minorities and religious sentiments but it continues to play its rightful role.
Ibrahim said, «I will not deny the fact that you also have to grapple with some serious issues affecting minorities or religious sentiments. But our hope is that India continues to play its role, rightful role because I mentioned to Prime Minister Modi, that these were the years when Nehru and Zhou Enlai and Sukarno and Nyerere were there standing up for the global south against colonialism and imperialism and to struggle to ensure that we recognize what humanity is about, what freedom is all about, and what dignity of men and women.»
The Malaysian PM, who met with Prime Minister Modi earlier in the day, praised India, noting its remarkable intellectual and historical figures. «India has produced outstanding intellects such as Sri Aurobindo and leaders like Gandhi Ji, who played a unique role in the struggle for freedom, justice, and humanity,» he said. «You have intellectual giants who became leaders in their own countries, such as Jawaharlal Nehru and Mohammed Ali Jinnah. India has produced great sages and leaders and is regarded by many of us as a beacon of hope and democracy in the region.
Ibrahim began his three-day visit to India on Monday night. It is his first visit to India as prime minister.
The larger focus of the Modi-Ibrahim talks was to expand trade and investment and explore cooperation in
