| Malaysia has urged the Sudanese government to honour the Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Treaty between Malaysia and Sudan. Wisma Putra released the statement today following growing tensions between Malaysia and Sudan after the latter moved to seize Petronas’ assets. The Sudanese transitional government has also issued an arrest warrant against the country manager of Malaysia’s national oil company Petronas. “The Government of Malaysia is extremely concerned over the issue pertaining to the Petronas Sudan Complex in Khartoum. Since the issue surfaced in December 2020, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been working closely with Petronas, including through our Embassy in Khartoum, to resolve the matter,” the statement says. To date, the Ministry has exerted multiple diplomatic efforts to address the issue, including summoning the Sudanese Charge d’ Affaires (for the second time), to Wisma Putra this morning to convey Malaysia’s concern. “We will continue to closely monitor developments on the issue in safeguarding Malaysian interests in Sudan.” |
