KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Argentinian Vice President Marta Gabriela Michetti will make a two-day official visit to Malaysia to strengthen bilateral ties, the Malaysian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
She is scheduled to meet with Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to discuss matters of common interest related to trade, human rights and women empowerment besides other Malaysian cabinet ministers, the ministry said in a statement.
"The visit is expected to further reinvigorate Kuala Lumpur-Buenos Aires ties and give new impetus to the bilateral relations in various areas such as trade and investments, empowerment of women and people with disability as well as food and agriculture industry," it said.
Bilateral trade totaled 1.34 billion U.S. dollars in 2018, with Malaysian exports to Argentina valued at 140 million U.S. dollars and imports from the Latin American were valued at 1.20 billion U.S. dollars.
