KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 20 – Malaysia’s active non-alignment policy allows it to maintain working relationships across all major partners, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said.
It attracts interest for partnerships and investments, he said in his speech at the Defence Services Asia (DSA) and National Security Asia (NATSEC) 2026 exhibition and conference, opening ceremony today.
”A Malaysian supplier enters your supply chain without the political complications that have made sourcing decisions so difficult elsewhere. In the current environment, that is a genuine commercial consideration,” prime minister added.
The defence industrial base that the government is trying to build is one where Malaysian companies earn and hold their place in international supply chains on the strength of their work, where the discipline that wins a contract also keeps it.
“That is the only foundation worth building on,” Anwar said.
The country is operating at a moment when geopolitics is reshaping supply chain decisions as profoundly as cost or engineering capability ever did.
Despite this, in recent weeks global funds bought over two billion dollars in Malaysian bonds, while the ringgit has been Asia’s best-performing currency for two consecutive years. he said, adding that the economy grew 5.2 per cent last year.