The Sri Lanka–Malaysia Business Council of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce had a business meeting with a members of the Malaysia–Sri Lanka Business Chamber recently.
The delegation accompanied the Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak who visited Sri Lanka recently..
The Malaysian team was positive about the potential for trade relations between Sri Lanka and Malaysia and noted that the two Councils should strive to increase activities with a proactive approach and said that they are keen to expand business interests in Sri Lanka and that they have been promoting Sri Lanka as an investment destination, among Malaysian investors.
The discussion took place on the topic in empowering youth in Sri Lanka and Malaysian delegates said that the Malaysian organisations are happy to help Sri Lanka on vocational training and empowering youth, which will address the current issue on shortage of skilled labor in the country.
The Malaysian team shared their high focus directed towards SMEs in Malaysia and mentioned that SME companies in Malaysia are willing to invest in Sri Lanka, following the success stories in China on the same avenues.
The team said that they have confident that the same scenario can be replicated in Sri Lanka to achieve synergies through joint collaboration between Sri Lanka and Malaysian businesses.
President of the Sri Lanka–Malaysia Business Council (SLMBC), Iqram Cuttilan who is a Director of Aitken Spence Shipping Ltd said the SLMBC will support and collaborate in making these initiatives successful and mentioned that as per the invitation of Malaysia–Sri Lanka Business Council, the SLMBC will organize a trade delegation to Malaysia and it will coincide with the International Conference scheduled for the same period.