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Fri, 01/30/2015 - 04:58
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Malaysia And Thailand Hold General Border Meeting

BANGKOK, Jan 30 (Bernama) -- Malaysia and Thailand held the 52nd General Border Committee (GBC) Meeting here Thursday. In the ninety-minute meeting, the Malaysian side was headed by Minister of Defence Hishammuddin Hussein (left) while Thailand was headed by its Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Gen Prawit Wongsuwarn. They jointly chaired the meeting held at the Army Club. The next round of GBC meeting will be held in Malaysia next year. Hishammuddin arrived in Thailand Wednesday and will be returning Friday. According to the online Bangkok Post, Hishammuddin reaffirmed Malaysia's commitment to help Thailand resolve the southern insurgency problem and restore peace in a meeting earlier with Prawit. Both ministers discussed cooperation to solve security-related problems, including terrorism, human-trafficking and the insurgency in the three border provinces, it said quoting Thai defence spokesman Kongcheep Tantrawanich.(photoBERNAMA) -- BERNAMA

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