Thailand's Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont will make a one-day visit to
Malaysia Wednesday aiming to strengthen ties and to discuss unrest in Thailand's
far South, Government Spokesman Yongyuth Mayalarp said in
Bangkok yesterday.
The main issue expected to be focused on in the meeting between the Thai
premier and his Malaysian counterpart is the unrest in Thailand's ethnic Malay
Muslim provinces bordering Malaysia, in which Thailand seeks cooperation from
its neighbor to end it.
In meeting Malaysian prime minister Abdullah Badawi and several cabinet
members including deputy prime minister and defense minister Najib Razak,
Surayud and his entourage will also explain the post-coup situation in Thailand,
the spokesman said.
Surayud, appointed Thailand's 24th prime minister early this month, has
already made one day trips to Laos and Cambodia respectively during the past
weekend.
