Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad met in Kuala Lumpur and held talks and said it had driven them closer on a range of issues. 

Speaking at the press conference following the talks, Mahathir said: "We agree on the need for regular discussions to strengthen trade relations by removing barriers in key areas and addressing the bilateral goods imbalance."

In response to a question about getting Pakistan to buy more palm oil from Malaysia, Mahathir said that the two had discussed the sale of palm oil, Dawn reported.

"I think Pakistan is quite ready to import more palm oil from Malaysia," he said.

"That's right, especially since we noticed that India threatened to cut Malaysia's palm oil imports for supporting the Kashmir cause, Pakistan will do its best to compensate for that," Prime Minister Imran added.

Imran thanked his Malaysian counterpart for the invitation to his country and said the trip was to further strengthen the ties between Pakistan and Malaysia, which he said, have traditionally been close.

"The object of the trip is to get even closer," he said.

"We feel that there the future of trading ties, investment, of cooperation between Malaysia and Pakistan is tremendous," Khan said, adding that there is a close affinity between the people of the two countries.

He specifically thanked Malaysia for the way the country had spoken about the situation in Kashmir.