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dossier	COM(2022)354 - Signing of the partnership agreement with the Government of Malaysia.
document	COM(2022)354
date	October 13, 2022

table>(1)On 25 November 2004, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with Malaysia on a Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Government of Malaysia, of the other part (the ‘Agreement’).

(2)	The negotiations on the Agreement were successfully concluded by the initialling of the Agreement on 6 April 2016 in Putrajaya, Malaysia.

(3)	The negotiators have confirmed their common understanding that, in accordance with the Federal Constitution of Malaysia, by its signature the Government of Malaysia intends to bind Malaysia as a whole in relation to the Agreement.

(4)

The objective of the Agreement is to establish a strengthened partnership between the Union and Malaysia and to deepen and enhance cooperation on issues of mutual interest, including human rights, non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, counter-terrorism, the fight against corruption and organised crime, trade, migration, the environment, energy, climate change, transport, science and technology, employment and social affairs, education and agriculture.

(5)	The Agreement should therefore be signed on behalf of the Union, subject to its conclusion at a later date,