MALAYSIA-INDIA SIGN LANDMARK EXTRADITION TREATY

BY P.VIJIAN

NEW DELHI, Jan 21 (Bernama) -- India and Malaysia Wednesday witnessed a
tectonic shift in relations with the signing of an extradition treaty, along
with two other agreements.

Malaysia's Foreign Minister Anifah Aman and his Indian counterpart S.M.
Krishnan signed the landmark document, which will help combat increasing
cross-border crimes.

Both governments signed a draft treaty in 2002 and since then officials had
been fine-tuning the document during their annual joint commission meetings
between both countries.

Visiting Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and his Indian counterpart
Manmohan Singh also held a two-hour long meeting today in the capital, where top
cabinet ministers from both sides were also present.

Besides the extradition treaty, two other agreements were also signed -- a
memorandum of understanding (MOU) on higher education and the Malaysia-India
Capital Market Collaborative Agreement between Malaysia's Securities Commission
(SC) and Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

Malaysia's Higher Education Minister Mohd Khaled Nordin and India's Human
Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal inked the education agreement.

SC chairman Zarinah Anwar signed the document pertaining to the capital
market while SEBI was represented by its chairman C.B.Bhave.
--BERNAMA


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