My heartiest congratulations to my dear friend, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on his historic election victory in Brazil. This was a hard-fought contest that has given him a renewed mandate from the Brazilian people to lead their great nation. His lifelong commitment to social justice, to reducing poverty and to ensuring that the voices of developing countries are heard has earned respect well beyond Brazil. I have always valued our friendship, and I share his conviction that the Global South must have a stronger voice in shaping a fairer international order. Malaysia looks forward to working closely with Brazil under President Lula’s continued leadership. There is much we can do together: strengthening trade and investment, advancing cooperation between ASEAN and Latin America and giving greater substance to the partnership between our two countries. ANWAR IBRAHIM