ZURICH (Switzerland), Jan 24 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister
Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor arrived here
Wednesday from Cairo to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) to be held in the
ski resort city of Davos.
He was received at the airport by Malaysian Ambassador to
Switzerland, Datuk Ho May Yong.
Temperatures are freezing at minus 15 degress Celcius at
Davos, which is located 148 kilomteres south-east of Zurich.
The special aircraft carrying the Prime Minister and his wife
arrived at the Zurich ExecuJet Terminal at 4.30pm local time.
Najib will lead a high-powered Malaysian delegation
comprising cabinet ministers, corporate leaders and private sector officials to
the four-day event which began Wednesday.
Later, at the hotel, Najib and Rosmah were welcomed by
members of the Malaysian delegation participating at the WEF.
The Prime Minister would use this year's WEF, themed
"Resilient Dynamism" as a platform to showcase Malaysia's vibrant
economic growth and opportunities despite the global economic uncertainty in
recent years.
In scheduled bilateral and one-on-one meetings with the
political leaders and captains of industry, Najib, who is also Finance
Minister, would build a strong case for Malaysia as a preferred investment,
trade, education and tourism destination in Asia.
He would also market Malaysia's branding based on the
success of the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) since its launch in
October 2010 at the forum.
-- BERNAMA
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