Chinese Premier Li arrives in Malaysia for 1st ASEAN-GCC-China summit

By Aamir Latif

ANKARA (AA) - Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur on Monday to attend the first trilateral summit between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and China, state-run media reported.

Li and his delegation landed at the Bunga Raya Complex at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, where Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke and Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia Ouyang Yujing welcomed them, Bernama News reported.

The maiden ASEAN-GCC-China summit and the second ASEAN-GCC summit will be held on Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur on the fringes of the ongoing 46th ASEAN summit.

The ASEAN summit, which began Monday, brings together leaders from member states to discuss a variety of regional and global developments and chart the bloc's future direction.

Established in 1967, ASEAN is an international intergovernmental organization comprising Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Brunei, Thailand, Myanmar, the Philippines, Cambodia, Singapore, and Malaysia.

Malaysia took the ASEAN rotating chairmanship in 2025 for the fifth time, following its previous terms in 1977, 1997, 2005, and 2015.