BANGKOK, Aug 9 — Malaysia and Thailand are committed to intensifying the development of infrastructure at the border in an effort to boost trade and at the same time achieve the bilateral trade target of US$30 billion by 2025.
“The ICQS and the CIQ are very important to improve road and trade links on the Malaysia-Thailand border,” he told Bernama. Saifuddin, who is currently on a two-day working visit to Thailand, paid a courtesy call on Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha here today. Saifuddin led the national delegation to the 14th Meeting of the Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation and the 5th Meeting of the Committee on the Joint Development Strategy for Border Areas. The last time Malaysia and Thailand held the two meetings was in 2015.Currently, former national police chief Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Mohd Noor, who represents the Malaysian government, is acting as the facilitator for the peace talks in Southern Thailand.