Clear commitment from Thailand to enhance bilateral relations, says PM

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At a press conference held at the Bukit Kayu Hitam Immigration, Customs, Quarantine & Security Complex in Kedah after his one-day working visit to southern Thailand on Monday (Nov 27), Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said there is clear commitment from Thailand towards enhancing bilateral relations with Malaysia.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/tnmb3dbv  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Prime Minister Seta is a good friend and he is committed to enhancing bilateral relations

00:17 between the two countries.

00:18 So it is up to us also to respond because I have not seen in the recent past such effective

00:29 collaboration because of a clear political commitment to ensure that all decisions must

00:39 be delivered.

00:40 I have had experience from the past until now, although the relationship between the two

00:46 countries is good, there is cooperation, but I see the attitude of my friends in this sector

00:53 is very positive and it is just a matter of time before the decision is made.

00:59 We have given a deadline of two weeks to respond and all decisions to end this month's

01:07 negotiations are to be concluded in February 2024.

01:14 So I see there is a clash and a firmness, not in a way of being jealous, but rather

01:24 saying that Phuket has very good benefits, and he directed the Minister of Tourism to

01:32 ensure that the benefits in Phuket can also be distributed to the rest of the country.

01:39 So this attitude should not be seen in bilateral relations.

01:44 So I am not wrong in saying that I appreciate the attitude of the Minister of Tourism.

01:50 And this is not the first time in the meetings in Putrajaya and after that in San Francisco,

01:57 and before that in New York, I saw that he was consistent.

02:01 Now he is giving his opinion, he cannot have two relations, two halal, which he considers

02:08 beneficial to one country and less beneficial to another.

02:12 So that's why, as long as we have benefits, we share with him and he can benefit the tourism,

02:20 he is clear.

02:22 There are some people who are very angry, they say that can't they make a documentary

02:28 film to promote the two of them, Phuket, Langkawi and Thailand and Malaysia.

02:33 I think this is a very positive attitude and there is progress in terms of security.

02:41 There is a problem of a little clarity in the South, which is, although the situation in

02:50 the South, Thailand and the South, we are responsible for working together to reduce

02:58 the tension.

03:00 And ask for security, comfort and freedom for the people of South Asia, their religion

03:10 and culture, and also the rights of the Thai government and the Thai government.

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