BUSAN, 12 December 2014 – The Prime Minister of Thailand has met with the Sultan of Brunei during the ASEAN Summit in South Korea, emphasizing on the good relations of both countries.
The Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has been received in audience with the Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah to discuss government matters at the Park Hyatt Busan Hotel, South Korea.
The Thai Prime Minister expressed his gratitude towards the Sultan of Brunei for allowing the audience. He thanked Brunei for the understanding of Thailand’s political situation and has emphasized that both countries have good relations with each other.
The Sultan of Brunei has said that he is willing to support the Thai government’s measures to solve the issues in the southern-border provinces. The Sultan also to offer to extend the Brunei government’s scholarship programs to children from the southern-border provinces of Thailand.
The Prime Minister of Thailand thanked the Sultan of Brunei for the offer and cooperation under the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and has stressed that Thailand is trying to solve the issues in the southern-border provinces in a peaceful way.
The Sultan of Brunei also expressed interest to extend cooperations in agriculture and food production development with Thailand. This would help Brunei diversify its economic foundations to other sectors other than petroleum production.
For this matter, Thailand is willing to cooperate with Brunei in every way, especially in trading, investment, agriculture, fishery, and energy. Brunei was also invited to join in the infrastructure investments in Thailand.
Thailand and Brunei had completed in drafting the Memorandum of Understanding in agricultural cooperation’s, which will be beneficial to both sides in many ways.
