Malaysia's 1MDB agrees to request for arbitration filed by UAE's IPIC
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Men walk past a 1MDB billboard at its flagship Tun Razak Exchange development in Kuala Lumpur, on March 1, 2015.
PHOTO: REUTERS
KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) - Malaysian state-owned fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) on Monday said it had agreed to a request for arbitration filed by Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) and its subsidiary, Aabar Investments PJS.
IPIC, in a submission to the London Court of International Arbitration last month, is claiming about US$6.5 billion (S$8.7 billion) from 1MDB and the Malaysia's finance ministry after a debt restructuring agreement between the companies went sour.
"1MDB is confident in its legal position and has submitted a formal and robust response to the RFA (request for arbitration)through its legal counsel, Weil Gotshal & Manges, a specialist in international litigation," 1MDB said in a statement.
