KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 — Malaysia and Australia are discussing the possibility of reopening their borders as soon as possible, said Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah.
“The understanding is that, it has to be through stages. What those stages are, is to be announced later, as and when our ministers of health are ready, but as far as foreign ministers are concerned, we need to travel and we want people to travel,” he said in a joint news conference with Payne. Meanwhile, Payne noted that like Malaysia, Australia also had a very strict controls in place both domestically and at the country’s borders due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“We know how much they value the opportunity, and we also are very welcoming of Malaysian students to Australia, so it’s not too far off.
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