Lee congratulates new M'sian PM, invites him to S'pore

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong today congratulated Ismail Sabri Yaakob on his appointment as the ninth prime minister of Malaysia.

In a statement today, Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said Lee (above) had made a telephone call to Ismail Sabri this morning.

Both prime ministers reaffirmed Singapore and Malaysia’s longstanding, deep, and broad-ranging relations, and looked forward to working closely together to confront the shared challenges, including...