Jean-Yves Le Drian to visit Malaysia from August 31st to September 1st [fr]

Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian will be in Malaysia on August 31st and September 1st 2015.

The French Minister will be accompanied by 10 members of Parliament, among them Mr. Jean-Pierre Raffarin, chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces Committee and former Prime Minister, and Ms. Patricia Adam, chairman of the National Assembly Defense and Armed Forces Committee.

Several business representatives from French Defense Industry (Dassault Aviation, Thales, Safran, DCNS, DCI, MBDA) will also be part of the delegation.

Mr. Le Drian is scheduled to meet with Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. He will also co-chair the French-Malaysian Defense Joint High Strategic Committee with his Malaysian counterpart Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.