Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has shot down speculations that the party might enter into a cooperation with PKR ahead of the next general election.

Zahid said there is no such discussion between Umno and the opposition party headed by former prime minister Anwar Ibrahim.

"Yes, Anwar and I have bumped into each other at Parliament, at weddings, but no discussions at all, be it formally or informally.

"Not with me, not with Mat Hassan," he told English daily The Star recently.