BANGKOK: Malaysia and Thailand have taken a major step towards boosting long-term economic growth and security along their common border region with the formation of a high-level committee chaired by the Foreign Ministers of both countries.
Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who made his first official visit to Thailand as Prime Minister yesterday, said the Special Committee on Joint Strategic Development would be co-chaired by Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar and his Thai counterpart Surakiart Sathirathai.
