Where was Wisma Putra during Daim’s Beijing meets?
Officials from Wisma Putra were not invited to join Tun Daim Zainuddin’s meetings with Chinese premier Li Keqiang and other Chinese officials in Beijing, an extremely rare occurrence given the high status of the meetings.
(MMO) – Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah told Malay Mail that Daim, head of the Council of Eminent Persons (CEP), was a special envoy to China appointed by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad with “very specific” terms of reference.
“TD reports directly to PM,” Saifuddin said.
“MOFA had a meeting with TD before he left for China. TD’s office debriefed MOFA upon his return. This trip was meant to be low-profile.”
Saifuddin declined to comment on what was briefed to Malaysia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Daim’s July 18 meetings with Li, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Ning Jizhe, a ministerial-level vice chairman of China’s National Development and Reform Commission, in the capital of China.
