South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will arrive here on Thursday for a two-day visit in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between both countries.
Lee would be given a state welcome at Parliament Square on Friday.
Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin will attend the official welcoming ceremony and later receive Lee at Istana Negara and host a state dinner, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Lee, accompanied by a delegation comprising senior officials and members of the South Korean business community, is also scheduled to attend a delegation meeting with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and Malaysian officials.
They are expected to discuss issues such as new areas of cooperation as well as regional and international issues, the statement said.
The statement said both countries enjoyed excellent cooperation especially in the fields of trade and investment, higher education, science and technology and tourism.
Last year, it said, South Korea was Malaysia's sixth most important trade partner.
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