KUALA LUMPUR: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, consented to attend the 266th meeting of the Conference of Rulers at Istana Negara on Thursday (July 18).
The two-day meeting, which began Wednesday (July 17), was chaired by the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir.
Also attending the meeting were the Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Shah and the Sultan of Kedah Al-Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin Sultan Badlishah.
It was also attended by the Regent of Perlis Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Jamalullail and the Regent of Johor Tunku Mahkota Ismail.
The Tengku Mahkota of Pahang Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, the Tengku Mahkota of Kelantan Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra and the Tengku Laksamana of Selangor Tengku Sulaiman Shah also attended the meeting.
The meeting was also attended by Penang Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak, Melaka Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Mohd Ali Rustam, Sabah Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Juhar Mahiruddin and Sarawak Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.
The meeting on Thursday was also attended by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
At the meeting, the Malay Rulers were accompanied by their respective Mentris Besar while the Yang di-Pertua Negeri were accompanied by their Chief Ministers.
The last Conference of Rulers meeting was held on Feb 21 over two days. – Bernama
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