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Malaysia, Thailand make peace over seafood dispute after Anwar and Anutin meet

The two leaders also agreed to develop a ⁠special border economic ⁠zone and boost agricultural cooperation

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Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (left) with his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim in Putrajaya on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
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The leaders of ⁠Malaysia and Thailand said ⁠on Thursday they would ⁠work on developing a special border economic zone, and had resolved an issue that had disrupted trade in seafood between the neighbours.

In May, Thailand restricted the import of Malaysian-caught sea bass due ‌to concerns over chemical residues, prompting Kuala Lumpur to temporarily ban some varieties of Thai shrimp over food safety controls last month.

“We have resolved this outstanding issue of fisheries … we agree it should be effected in one week,” Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim told reporters following a ⁠meeting with his Thai counterpart, Anutin Charnvirakul, in Malaysia’s administrative capital Putrajaya.

Anutin is on ‌a two-day visit to Malaysia that is aimed at boosting economic cooperation and smoothing over long-standing border issues between the ‌Southeast Asian neighbours.

The leaders agreed to proceed with developing a ⁠special border economic ⁠zone, and to facilitate exchanges in immigration customs between the two countries, Anwar said.

They also witnessed ‌the signing of a memorandum of understanding on agricultural cooperation.

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