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The early days on the job for Malaysia’s newest envoy to Canada have been filled with waiting. “For the same way Canada is looking at who’s becoming the next prime minister and which party is going to be in power, I think the rest of the world is also looking at the same thing,” said Malaysian High Commissioner Shazelina Binti Zainul Abidin during an interview at her residence, Rumah Malaysia, on Feb. 26.
The Malaysian envoy said there have also been discussions with G7 sherpa Cindy Termorshuizen. “We can talk at that level civil servant,” she said. “Beyond that is very difficult.” Top priorities include trade and tourism, says new envoy A career diplomat, Binti Zainul Abidin presented her letter of credence to Governor General Mary Simon last December. She was previously the undersecretary for South and Central Asia in the Malaysia Foreign Ministry.
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