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| Mission1: | Italian Embassy, Kuala Lumpur |
| Mission2: | Malaysian Embassy, Rome |
| Envoytitle1: | Ambassador |
| Envoy1: | Cristiano Maggipinto |
| Envoytitle2: | Ambassador |
| Envoy2: | Abdul Malik Melvin Castelino Anthony |
Italy–Malaysia relations (Italian: Relazioni bilaterali tra Italia e Malaysia; Malay: Hubungan Itali–Malaysia) are the foreign relations between the two countries, Italy and Malaysia. Italy has an embassy in Kuala Lumpur,[1] and Malaysia has an embassy in Rome.[2]
Italy is Malaysia's fifth largest trading partner in the European Union. Currently Italy is interested in investing in Malaysia and since March 2009 around 871.9 million MYR has been invested to the country.[3] [4] A number of documents also signed by both sides to forge closer ties between them.[5] In the first four months of 2009, total trade between the two countries amounted to 2.033 billion MYR, with Malaysian exports to Italy totalling 875.3 million MYR and imports from Italy amounting to 1.158 billion MYR.[4] Some major Malaysian companies operating in Italy include the national oil and gas corporation, Petronas.[4]