<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>PUTRAJAYA (June 23): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim held a pre-council meeting with Unity Government Members of Parliament (MPs) at Seri Perdana on Sunday.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The meeting is as preparation before the Dewan Rakyat sitting for the second meeting of the third session of the 15th Parliament, from Monday (June 24) to July 18.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>"Everyone has been asked to attend Parliament on Monday. Don’t be absent,” Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan told the media when asked about the prime minister’s main address during the pre-council meeting, after it ended at 6.15pm.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was seen arriving in a car at 3.30pm on Sunday, ahead of the 4pm pre-council meeting.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Others who attended the meeting included Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin, Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil, Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani, and Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.</p></div>

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