The Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) released a 聽on July 11 protesting the extended by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim聽to United States President Donald Trump to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-US summit to be held in Malaysia, in October.
The PSM said: 鈥淪uch a gesture is a blatant betrayal of聽all the efforts聽of solidarity with Palestine against US-backed genocide in Gaza by the murderous Israeli Zionist regime.鈥
The invitation was made by Anwar to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio during his recent visit to the country.
PSM said it was shameful for the Malaysian government to host Rubio and other top US officials, given the US has recently on Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, 鈥渙ver her documentation of Israel鈥檚 genocidal crime against Palestinians in Gaza and her call for action to end Israel鈥檚 human rights violations鈥.
鈥淭he murderous Israeli Zionist regime is able to continue its聽crime against humanity with impunity because of the strong backing from the US government all this while. The Trump administration has shown its unwavering support for Israel鈥檚 expansionism and recently joined Israel鈥檚 war against Iran,鈥 the statement said.
鈥淎 top government leader who enabled and supported genocide, like Donald Trump, should be treated as聽persona non grata聽rather than invited as a guest for a money-wasting diplomatic show.鈥
The PSM said it is 鈥渟heer hypocrisy鈥 for the Malaysian government 鈥渢o express solidarity with the Palestinian people while posing friendly gestures to the accomplice of the genocidal crime against the Palestinian people鈥.
The PSM is urging the government 鈥渢o retract the invitation to Donald Trump鈥 and is calling on the government 鈥 which chairs the ASEAN this year 鈥 to cancel the summit 鈥渁s a symbolic protest against the US complicity in the genocide against Palestinian people鈥, and said there can be 鈥渘o business as usual with the US administration until the world has put an end to the genocide鈥.