KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad will join his fellow Southeast Asian leaders in a commemorative summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in in Busan, the country's foreign ministry said on Saturday.
Mahathir will be accompanied by several cabinet ministers and top government officials to participate in the 2019 ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit to be held on Nov. 25 to 26. With theme "Partnership for Peace, Prosperity for People", the summit commemorates the 30th anniversary of ASEAN-ROK (Republic of Korea) dialogue relations, it said.
Founded in 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
After the summit, Mahathir will travel to Seoul for an official visit.
During the visit, the prime minister will lead the Malaysian delegation for a bilateral meeting with Moon Jae-in, president of ROK on Nov. 28, the foreign ministry of Malaysia said.
"Both leaders will also be witnessing the signing of four Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two countries in the fields of information and communication technology (ICT), digital government, healthcare and medical science, as well as on water and sewerage management," it said.
