DEPUTY Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was among dignitaries attending Singapore National Day celebration on Saturday.

The republic’s 60th celebration was also attended by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei, Indonesian Presiden Prabowo and others.

Zahid was representing Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

In a statement on Friday, the Malaysian Foreign Ministry said the visit is being made at the invitation of the Government of Singapore.

Ahmad Zahid, who is also the Minister of Rural and Regional Development, is also scheduled to pay a courtesy call on Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and hold a meeting with his counterpart, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry of Singapore, Gan Kim Yong.

The meetings are expected to take stock of bilateral cooperation and discuss matters of mutual interest to strengthen the existing relationship between the two countries.