Malaysians talk with Mauritians, Arabs with Australians, South Africans with Sri Lankans, and Iranians with Indonesians. The Indian Ocean serves as both a sea separating them and a bridge linking them together.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We're working with our neighbors Indonesia and Malaysia to fight terrorism in our own common seas.
All my life... I believed in Malaysian merger and unity of the two territories. You know that we, as a people, are connected by geography, economics, by ties of kinship.
The vast majority of Malaysians are sensible people; they're moderates, they want peace, they want harmonious race relations at home. They look for national unity.
In Indonesia, Malaysia, wherever Muslims are living, they don't want to live in harmony.
Our relations with the various Indian tribes continue to be of a pacific character.
I'm not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.
China and India are close neighbours linked by mountains and rivers and the Chinese and Indian peoples have enjoyed friendly exchanges for thousands of years.
We are a communicating nation which needs access to space, access to the seas.
I haven't met everyone from all different cultures, but I do know Aussies are very tough.
India-Seychelles relations have been characterized by close friendship, understanding and cooperation.