: The historic opening of the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia campus in Qatar today can elevate the national higher education onto the global stage, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
“As one of the individuals who signed the memorandum urging the establishment of a public university with the national language as the medium of instruction, I am proud to be with the UKM staff on this glorious day,” he said in a Facebook post.He also hopes that UKM’s pioneering move will pave the way for other Malaysian public universities to take similar steps.
Meanwhile, in a separate post, the Prime Minister said he also had the opportunity to hold a bilateral meeting with the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, on the sidelines of the Qatar Economic Forum yesterday. “This meeting is very significant as both countries will be taking over the chairmanship of ASEAN and the European Union Council next year and we agreed to strengthen collaboration between the two organisations,” he said.