Anwar Ibrahim believes the Malaysian foreign minister is to blame for the country's mismanagement. The Prime Minister's Visit to the United Arab Emirates

[ASEAN NOW Content Team]

 

According to opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah should take responsibility for Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob's recent travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (Apr 14).

Mr Anwar stated in a video statement on Facebook that only Mr Saifuddin, not the ambassador or any lower-level officials, should be held responsible for the chaos.

 

"In my many years as a minister in past governments, we have never heard of a prime minister's official visit not being accepted by the host countries," Mr Anwar, who is also the chairman of Pakatan Harapan (PH) and the president of Parti Keadilan Rakyat, said (PKR).

Malaysia has never been humiliated in such a way, he claimed, because of the carelessness and delay with which the visit was handled.
He also demanded that the foreign minister release a statement about what had happened.

 

According to Bernama, the Malaysian foreign ministry, or Wisma Putra, said on Monday that due to a lack of coordination, the prime minister was forced to wait in the arrival area at Dubai International Airport for passport and immigration clearance.

When the prime minister landed in Dubai on March 29, it was also claimed that there was no security coverage or motorcade for him.

 

From March 29 to March 31, the prime minister and his entourage were in the UAE, where he attended the closing ceremony of the Malaysia Pavilion at the Dubai Expo, as well as an appreciation ceremony for the pavilion's officers and staff.

Following the incident, Malaysia's ambassador to the UAE and consul-general in Dubai were summoned by Wisma Putra.

The two ambassadors, according to Wisma Putra, failed to alert the foreign ministry about the World Government Summit held at the Dubai Expo.
Otherwise, the prime minister may have delivered a speech there.