By Reme Ahmad, Assistant Foreign Editor

KOTA BARU (KELANTAN): Two veteran politicians met for the first time yesterday in the capital of the Malaysian state of Kelantan.

Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew met with Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat for an hour at Kota Darul Naim, Kelantan's government complex that houses the office of the chief minister and the state assembly hall.

Datuk Nik Aziz is the state's Menteri Besar as well as the spiritual leader of the opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS), which won control of Kelantan state in 1990.

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