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Anwar signs off a Brics trip with 'Slayyy'
A Malaysian PM landed in New Delhi for a Brics summit and told the internet to pray for him, as 'Guru'.
In brief
A Malaysian PM landed in New Delhi for a Brics summit and told the internet to pray for him, as 'Guru'. Anwar is selling Madani Diplomacy at Brics, and he is using teen slang to make the pitch travel. Originally reported by Malay Mail.
A prime minister lands in Delhi
Anwar Ibrahim's aircraft touched down at Air Force Station Palam at 6.30pm local time, 9pm in Malaysia, ahead of the 18th Brics Leaders' Summit.
Then he called himself Guru
In a Facebook post after arriving, Anwar wrote that 'Guru' had landed safely to represent the country, and asked people to pray the mission works.
“Alhamdulillah, Guru has safely arrived in New Delhi, India to represent the country on the world stage”
The sign-off that did it
He ended the post with 'Slayyy'. Netizens picked it up immediately, and the slang, not the summit, became the story of the arrival.
“May the students learn from Guru how Madani Diplomacy is put into practice. Slayyy”
Madani Diplomacy is the frame
Anwar says he is bringing Malaysia's voice to the platform guided by the Madani framework, with the joke positioning him as teacher and everyone else as students.
A national statement on Sunday
On September 13 he attends the opening session and delivers a National Statement titled Shaping the Future for Inclusive Global Growth.
What Modi's summit is chasing
India hosts under the theme Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability, aimed at economic cooperation and trade and investment reform.
Here's the gist
Anwar is selling Madani Diplomacy at Brics, and he is using teen slang to make the pitch travel.
