PM Narendra Modi embarked on an official two day visit to Malaysia at the invitation of the Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. Modi’s visit, his first foreign trip of 2026, is expected to focus on strengthening defence ties, economic cooperation, and expanding the comprehensive strategic partnership established in 2024. Pics/PTI
Updated On: 2026-02-07 05:40 PM IST
Compiled by : Tarun Verma
Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves as he emplanes in New Delhi for his first foreign trip of 2026
PM Modi arrives in Kuala Lumpur to a grand red-carpet reception where, underscoring a renewed momentum in India–Malaysia ties
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim receives Modi at the airport, accompanied by Human Resources Minister Ramanan Ramakrishnan and Deputy Foreign Minister Lukanisman bin Awang Sauni
The two leaders travel together in the same car from the airport to the venue of an Indian community event to celebrating the "India-Malaysia people-to-people connect", showing the warmth in bilateral relations
PM Narendra Modi, Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar and others during the community programme, in Kuala Lumpur aiming to expand the comprehensive strategic partnership elevated in August 2024
At the community programme, Modi addresses the Indian diaspora in Malaysia, which numbers nearly three million and is among the largest in the world
Modi praises the Indian community for their contribution to Malaysia’s progress and calls them a “living bridge” between the two countries
Officials said PM Modi and Anwar are scheduled to hold wide-ranging talks expected to yield several agreements, while New Delhi is also set to press Kuala Lumpur on the extradition of preacher Zakir Naik.
