Czech Republic–Malaysia relations are foreign relations between the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

and

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

. The Czech Republic has an embassy in

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, and Malaysia has an embassy in

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History

Following the establishment of relations with the

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in 1968, Malaysia also expanded its relations with former Czechoslovakia and other Central European countries. In 2000, the Czech Deputy Prime Minister made a visit to Malaysia. While in 2006, Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Czech President of the Senate of Parliament both made an working and official visit to Malaysia. While in the Malaysian side, the chief of armed forces staff made a working visit to the Czech Republic on the same year. In 2012, the Czech President

Václav Klaus Václav Klaus (; born 19 June 1941) is a Czech economist and politician who served as the second president of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013. From July 1992 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in January 1993, he served as the second ...

made a state visit to Malaysia.

Economic relations

Relations between the two countries are developing successfully especially in trade with the Czech Republic main exports to Malaysia are engineering products, machine tools, and electrical motors while Malaysia main exports to the Czech Republic majority in machinery,

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, cocoa and electrical equipment. In 2000, mutual trade between the two countries was over 7.7 billion

CZK The koruna, or crown, ( sign: Kč; code: CZK, cs, koruna česká) has been the currency of the Czech Republic since 1993. The koruna is one of the European Union's 9 currencies, and the Czech Republic is legally bound to adopt the euro curre ...

and Czech firms are currently seeking any opportunities for an investments and joint enterprises in Malaysia. Some Malaysian businessmen have also been coming to Prague to establishing contacts with Czech companies especially on the

Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy The Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy ("SCORE") is an economic region and development corridor covering central Sarawak, a Malaysian State on the island of Borneo. SCORE was launched in 2008. It is one of the five regional development corridors ...

(SCORE) projects.

Education relations

In 2000, the Government of the Czech Republic has started to offers Malaysian one scholarship for post-graduate study every year, and in September 2006, the first group of seventy Malaysian students arrived in the Czech Republic and began their studies in medicine. Following the success, the number of Malaysian studies in the Czech Republic increased to 200 in 2008.

Diplomatic missions

*Czech Republic has an embassy in

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*Malaysia has an embassy in

History

Economic relations

Education relations

Diplomatic missions

See also

References

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