PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will depart for Bangkok, Thailand, later this week to attend a meeting with his counterpart Paetongtarn Shinawatra.
Anwar, who is also Finance Minister, said the meeting scheduled after the official visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Malaysia, will also touch on flood mitigation and dredging works involving Sungai Golok, the river that runs through populated areas on both sides of the border.
"The dredging and cleaning of Sungai Golok is necessary, as it also contributes to flooding in southern Thailand and Kelantan," he said in his speech at the Finance Ministry's monthly assembly here on Monday (April 14).
Also present were Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan and Treasury secretary-general Datuk Johan Mahmood Merican.
Anwar said he would also meet Myanmar's junta leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, in Bangkok on Thursday to discuss several issues, including urging the junta to extend the current ceasefire.
The ceasefire is crucial to allow humanitarian aid to reach victims of the recent earthquake in Myanmar, he said.
