Thailand and Malaysia agree to turn shared border into trade zone

PUTRAJAYA(Bernama): Thailand and Malaysia have agreed to turn the border shared between them into a trade zone, benefitting the people on both sides, said Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.

During a joint press conference with his Malaysian counterpart, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, held earlie this week in Putrajaya, Srettha, who is on his inaugural two-day working visit, said the national security of northern Malaysia and southern Thailand is of great concern.