Malaysian Cabinet To Discuss Border Reopening Issue - Minister Hishammuddin

BUTTERWORTH (Penang, Malaysia), Feb 11 (Bernama) -- The reopening of Malaysian borders is not an easy issue to decide on as it involves various ministries and needs to be discussed by the Cabinet first, says Senior Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein. He said, however, the COVID-19 Quartet Ministerial Meeting welcomed the recommendation by National Recovery Council (MPN) chairman Muhyiddin Yassin for the government to fully open the country's borders as early as March 1. “Among the ministries involved are the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Health. "This issue was also discussed by us and we welcome it (the announcement), but this matter needs to be brought to the cabinet or the COVID-19 Pandemic Management Special Committee chaired by Prime Minister Ismail Sabri to get a final answer," he told a press conference here Thursday. The media previously reported that Muhyiddin, in his capacity as MPN chairman, had proposed the full reopening of the country's borders without requiring mandatory quarantine from as early as March 1, in order to support the country's economic recovery process and other tourism-related industries. -- BERNAMA