Russia hopes to continue intensive dialogue with Malaysia

Russia hopes to continue its intensive political and economic dialogue with Malaysia, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday. “We are satisfied with the recent developments [in bilateral relations], and hope to preserve highly intensive political and economic dialogues in all directions,” Medvedev said opening a meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Mohamed Najib bin Abdul Razak. Medvedev met with Najib on the sidelines of the 2011 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, held in the Hawaiian capital of Honolulu on November 12-13. The Russian president added that the trade between Russian and Malaysia has been on the increase recently and both countries also implemented a number of major bilateral projects.