Kuala Lumpur May 31 (IANS) Visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a "productive exchange of views" during a meeting with his newly-elected Malaysian counterpart Mahathir Mohamad here on Thursday.
"The two leaders had a productive exchange of views on strengthening our strategic partnership " Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted.
"PM congratulated Dr. Mahathir on assuming the post of Prime Minister of Malaysia " Kumar said.
Mahathir who governed Malaysia for more than two decades became at the age of 92 the world s oldest elected leader earlier this month.
Modi arrived here from Indonesia earlier in the day for a brief stopover before leaving for Singapore on his three-nation tour of southeast Asia.

--IANS ab/ksk