TEKS UCAPAN VERBATIM YAB DATO’ SERI ANWAR BIN IBRAHIM PERDANA MENTERI SEMPENA MAJLIS BERBUKA PUASA BERSAMA DUTA-DUTA, PERWAKILAN ASING DAN WARGA KEMENTERIAN LUAR NEGERI 23[...]

TEKS UCAPAN VERBATIM

YAB DATO' SERI ANWAR BIN IBRAHIM

PERDANA MENTERI

SEMPENA

MAJLIS BERBUKA PUASA BERSAMA DUTA-DUTA, PERWAKILAN ASING DAN WARGA KEMENTERIAN LUAR NEGERI

23 FEBRUARI 2026 (ISNIN) | 6.30 PETANG

DEWAN TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN PUTRA BANGUNAN WP1 WISMA PUTRA

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh dan salam Sejahtera.

Alhamdulillahillazi anzala ala abdihil kitaba

Walam yaj'allahu wa iwaja

Wa salli wa sallimu ala rasulihil karim

Wa ala alihi wa sahbihi ajma'in.

Yang Berhormat Dato' Seri Utama Haji Mohamad bin Haji Hasan,

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia;

Yang Mulia Datin Seri Dato' Hajah Raja Salbiah binti Tengku Nujumuddin;

Dato Lukanisman bin Awang Sauni,

Timbalan Menteri Luar Negeri;

YBhg. Tan Sri Shamsul Azri bin Abu Bakar,

Ketua Setiausaha Negara;

Tuan-tuan terutama, para duta,

Dato' Sri Amran Mohamed Zin,

Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Luar Negeri;

dan Rakan-rakan yang saya muliakan.

1. Tentunya, saya mulai dengan mengatur syukur kepada Allah SWT kerana kita dapat menghayati Ramadan Kareem dan Madrasah Ramadan ini tentunya kesempatan bagi kita untuk memperbaiki melalui latihan, kerohanian dan jasmani kita. Lebih insaf tentang permasalahan masyarakat yang terpinggir dan di samping itu mengukuh disiplin hidup kita.

2. Jadi saya ucap terima kasih sekali lagi kepada Dato' Mohamad Hasan, keluarga dan rakan-rakan di Wisma, kerana beri kesempatan untuk saya bersama-sama pada petang ini.

3. Dan terutamanya kepada Duta-duta, ini kesetimewaan saya sebut tahun lalu di Wisma Putra ini, saya undang pun tak akan seramai ini Duta, jadi Duta ini sebenarnya dia memang kiblat dia kepada Wisma Putra. Tapi ada baiknya dan saya sambut baik kerana ia menunjukkan jalinan hubungan kerjasama dan juga prestasi Menteri Luar kita yang amat membanggakan kita semua.

4. Saya singgung hal ini kerana sesungguhnya prestasi kita sepanjang tahun lalu dalam hubungan antarabangsa menembusi kawasan ASEAN yang menjadi keutamaan kita dan jiran-jiran rapat kita, Singapura, Thailand, Brunei, Indonesia dan seluruh rantau ASEAN ini. Kemudian menerobos ke Asia, Eropah, dan baru-baru ini ke Amerika Latin, termasuk Peru sebelumnya dan Brazil dan Selatan Afrika juga Ethiopia dan Kenya.

5. Ini menunjukkan bahawa kapasiti dan keupayaan pengaruh yang dibawa oleh Dato' Mohamad Hasan dan keluarga Wisma ini, bukan saja sekadar mengadakan kunjungan, tetapi kunjungan yang memberikan kesan yang memberi manfaat akhirnya. Erti persahabatan, erti persaudaraan, berkerjasama antara negara dan yang penting juga adalah memberi ruang dan kesempatan mengangkat martabat Malaysia sebagai negara dagang dan negara yang bersahabat dengan semua.

Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen,

6. Thank you very much for your presence this evening. Th,is is of c,ourse a very interesting, unique tradition in Malaysia where we invite colleagues toniurse primafocusingfocus on the Foreign Ministry and fellow ambassadors, high commissioners, but also friends who are Muslims and non-Muslims. In all our functions, we make sure that there is that feeling of inclusiveness, of comradeship. Oh, I use the word comrade, don't be too hypersensitive about it, but in essence is the true sense of togetherness and respect.

7. This is one of the key elements in the MADANI framework is the issue of respect. Societies can excel economically and can, of course achieve phenomenal growth, economic and digital transformation, etc., but the survival of any country, particularly a multi-racial, multi-religious country like Malaysia, would depend on our ability and capacity to embrace one another as one great family.

8. I am proud as a Malaysian, crisscrossing the country and even before Ramadan during the Chinese New Year, and before that is the Pongal of the Hindu tradition, and now Ramadan Kareem, you can see this set among the vast majority of our people, this tolerance and respect are unique.

9. Can you imagine, for example, in Malaysia, the Chinese decided to organise a function to celebrate Chinese New Year a few days before Chinese New Year just to accommodate the feelings of their brother, Muslims, and sisters to be able to rejoice together in a function where everybody can have a great feast. And I told my Chinese colleagues, particularly the chamber who had this organised massive function, I said I don't mind even if you have it during Ramadan, if it's daytime I will not eat, at night I will eat.

10. But the sense of respect and tolerance is there, but you see, they took this extra mile, extra effort just to show that they are Malaysians and they care for the feelings of others, similarly to what we have tonight.

11. I'm sure that Dato' Haji Mohamad Hasan knows precisely that many of you don't fast, I mean the non-Muslims, but they pretend to be hungry, and they join us in the iftar, and we take it as you know, part of this tradition that embraces, accommodates, and respects.

12. And similarly, during the Christmas end of last year we have the Chinese New Year, as I said and the Thaipusam, because Thaipusam is purely a religious ritual. I took great pains to attend the Thaipusam prior to this religious ceremony just to show that as Malaysians, we must be able to accommodate and respect whilst preserving our faith, moral values.

13. So, this is an occasion to rejoice because you see that sense of, as I said, the spirit of unity is across the board. But unfortunately, we only hear and pick the noise among some political leaders who choose only to create issues or mischief or only problems. But across the country, you can walk in the city any time, and you realize that whether you are Chinese or Malay or Indian or Iban or Kadazan, there is that much of tolerance and respect. And I think we have to take all the effort possible to preserve this.

14. But coming back to the Foreign Ministry, I must again reiterate my profound respect and appreciation. Although I sometimes give short lectures here and there. But they have done, particularly last year during the ASEAN Year, before the Philippines, my dear brother Marcos will then assume, and now they have taken the chairmanship. But prior to the whole of last year, you can see this sense of dedication.

15. Amran, Dato' Sri Amran, yes. He and his team, under the guidance of the Foreign Minister, are doing a superb job and give us so much satisfaction and so many of our colleagues. I'm sure many of you ambassadors and high commissioners would agree with me. It was a splendid job done by the team, and the core of the team is, of course, Wisma Putra. Thank you very much again.

16. I think that's the only message that I have for you tonight. Relax. Nothing very strong, serious. I come to thank you. I think Dato' Mohamad Hasan expects me to say that too. I'm joking.

17. So, thank you again for joining us on this occasion, and may Allah give us the strength to continue the resolve to work harder, and to preserve dignity but sanity, not only here, but internationally. My main concern about international politics, which I don't want to actually touch upon now, is there is a need to bring back sanity among political leaders.

18. May Allah give us that light. Not too much in this region, but some other regions. But, thank you again.

Wassalamualaikum Warahmatullah.