MSIAN FM TO VISIT BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, CROATIA, TURKMENISTAN AND UZBEKISTAN

KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 (Bernama) -- Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman
will make official visits to four countries -- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan -- from July 10 to July 18, the ministry announced.

Anifah will visit Bosnia and Herzegovina on July 10 and 11, Croatia from
July 11 to 13, Turkmenistan on July 14 and Uzbekistan from July 14 to 18, it
said.

This will be Anifah's first official visit to these countries, during which
he will be accompanied by his wife and senior officials of the ministry, it
added.

The statement said the visits were aimed at enhancing and reinvigorating the
existing bilateral relations.

"They will also help to establish closer rapport with the leadership of
these countries and generate positive momentum to increase cooperation in
various fields," it said.



The statement said Anifah would attend the 15th anniversary of Srebrenica
Genocide Memorial Day on behalf of the government during the visit to Bosnia and
Herzegovina to commemorate the massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys during the
1995 civil war.

He will also call on the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and
Herzegovina Dr Haris Silajdzic and meet with his counterpart Sven Alkalaj to
discuss ways to develop closer bilateral relations, it said.

In Croatia, the statement said, Anifah will meet with Foreign Minister
Gordan Jandrokovic to review the state of bilateral relations between the two
countries and call on Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor.

In Turkmenistan, Anifah is scheduled to make a courtesy call on President
Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov and meet with his counterpart Rashid Meredov, it
said.

It also said that Anifah will make a courtesy call on Uzbekistan President
Islam Karimov and meet with Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov during
his visit to Uzbekistan.

-- BERNAMA