PM Anwar Meets Top Officials From Shanghai-Based New Development Bank
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 6 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today met officials from the New Development Bank, formerly referred to as the BRICS Development Bank.
Anwar met the Shanghai-based NDB delegation, led by its president Dilma Rousseff, on the sidelines of the BRICS Leaders' Summit being held here.
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