Chinese Premier Li Keqiang held talks with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak over telephone in the afternoon of May 13, 2013.

Li Keqiang congratulated Najib on his re-election as Prime Minister. Li Keqiang said that China and Malaysia now enjoy a great opportunity for further development of the bilateral relations. China wishes to enhance strategic communication with Malaysia, to deepen two-way trade and investment cooperation, to boost people-to-people exchanges, to achieve new breakthroughs in key aspects of bilateral relations, to create new highlights for cooperation, so as to raise China-Malaysia ties to higher level. Meanwhile, China is willing to consolidate and deepen its mutually beneficial cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and push forward China-ASEAN relations.

Najib thanked Li Keqiang for his congratulations. Najib said that China-Malaysia relationship is of vital importance and the two countries have broad prospects for bilateral cooperation. The Malaysian side congratulates China on the enormous achievements of economic and social development. Malaysia hopes to continue expanding its friendly cooperation with China, and is willing to work together with China to further promote Malaysia-China relations.