Kedah Sultan Chairs 257th Conference Of Rulers Meeting

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Sultan of Kedah Sultan Sallehuddin Sultan Badlishah today chaired the 257th Meeting of the Conference of Rulers at Istana Negara in Kuala Lumpur.
Before the meeting started at 11am, Sultan Sallehuddin took the salute at a Grand Guard of Honour mounted by the First Battalion of the Royal Malay Regiment at Dataran Utama.
Sultan Sallehuddin then planted a Rajah Kayu (Cassia Fistula) tree on the grounds of Istana Negara to symbolise his chairing of the meeting.
Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah witnessed the tree-planting ceremony.
The two-day meeting is being attended by all Malay rulers except for Kelantan, Pahang, and Perlis.

The rulers in attendance are Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Shah, Sultan of Terengganu Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, and Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir.
Kelantan is represented by Tengku Mahkota of Kelantan Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra Sultan Ismail Petra, Pahang is represented by Pahang Regent Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah Al-Sultan Abdullah, and Perlis is represented by Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Jamalullail.
Also attending the meeting are the Yang Dipertua Negeri of Penang, Malacca, Sabah, and Sarawak.
At the meeting, the Malay rulers are accompanied by the respective Menteri Besar while the Yang Dipertua Negeri are accompanied by the respective Chief Ministers, except for Sarawak where a Deputy Chief Minister is present.
The last meeting of the Conference of Rulers was held on Feb 19 and 20, 2020, chaired by Sultan Nazrin Shah.

The Grand Guard of Honour and the tree-planting ceremony were the brainchild of Sultan Abdullah and had never been held prior to the appointment of His Majesty as the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
The guard of honour was held for the first time at the 254th meeting while the tree planting was introduced at the 255th meeting.
- Bernama

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