The ICA-AP Committee on Trade & Business held its annual meeting in November 2022 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was attended by representatives of the National Cooperative Bank Limited (NCBL), Mr. Harihar Nath Yogi; Federation of People's Sustainable Development Coop (FPSDC), Mr. Miguel Angelo Vasquez and Ms. Tetay Plantilla; National Agricultural Coop Federation (NACF), Ms. Hyosuk Park; All China Federation of Supply & Marketing Coops (ACFSMC), Ms. Xiaohong Zhang and Ms. Liu Ting in a hybrid format. From ANGKASA, President Datuk Seri Dr. Fattah Abdullah, Board Member, Dato' Haji Kamarudin Ismail, Chief Executive Officer of the ANGKASA Group, Dato' Haji Abdullah Haji Jusoh, General Manager of the International Affairs Division, Dr. Noraini Mohamad and Manager of Malaysian Business Office, Mrs. Wan Azwati Wan Mohamed were present.
The Committee is ready to expand the chain of international cooperation in the field of trade through meetings with invited cooperative members. To realize the collaboration chain, an activity report presentation for the 2022 and 2023 sessions will be made to see the effectiveness of the trade and business elements in the context of collaboration with ICA-AP, said Datuk Seri Dr. Fattah Abdullah while chairing the meeting. He noted, the presentation of the activity reports for 2022 and 2023 is an important agenda because it provides a clear picture of the continuation of the Trade & Business Committee which emphasizes the elements of trade to achieve consistent economic progress at the global level.
This was supported by the ICA-AP Regional Director, Mr. Balasubramanian Iyer. He noted that the implementation of activities should be where it needs to have an added value to the trade concept and the Committee needs to have a specific agenda to obtain common interests. ANGKASA emphasized the formation of a working committee in line with the 3-year strategic plan that was approved recently. In addition, the presentation of activities also focused on signing a memorandum of understanding to further strengthen the aspect of international cooperative trade.
