KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 15 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has reaffirmed the Malaysian government's commitment to leveraging flagship Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects.

This will not be treated only as high-profile infrastructure, but as catalysts to rebalance growth and expand Malaysia's role in regional supply chains, he said.

Speaking in an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN) during his visit to China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit, Anwar highlighted how the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) and the Kuantan Port expansion will reshape the country's economic geography.

The 665-kilometre ECRL, now nearly 90 per cent completed, has been described as one of the crown jewels of BRI cooper...