India, Malaysia looking at expanding cooperation in defence, trade, tourism

India and Malaysia explored new areas of cooperation such as digital, fintech and semiconductors as external affairs minister S Jaishankar and his Malaysian counterpart Zambry Abdul Kadir co-chaired the bilateral Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) on Tuesday. The JCM met after a gap of 12 years and Jaishankar said in his opening remarks that the mechanism was important for taking stock of the bilateral relationship. The last JCM was held in Kuala Lumpur in 2011.