Leaders of Malaysia and Brunei have expressed their satisfaction with the progress in bilateral cooperation.
During
the 18th Annual Leaders’ Consultation held in Kuala Lumpur on November
3, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and Sultan of Brunei Hassanal
Bolkiah welcomed the progress in implementing the 2009 Exchange of
Letters, paving the way for the bilateral strategic partnership.
In
a joint statement issued on the same day, the two leaders welcomed the
ongoing discussions to put into operation the provision of the Exchange
of Letters relating to maritime access.
They reaffirmed their
commitment to maritime cooperation and urged the officials of both
countries to continue discussions towards increasing collaboration in
the area with a view to having a memorandum of understanding in maritime
cooperation.
The two leaders reiterated the importance of
strengthening cooperation in the agriculture, information, technology,
communication and taxation sectors.
They acknowledged the
steadfast cooperation between Malaysia’s oil company Petronas and Brunei
oil company PetroleumBRUNEI, and reiterated their commitment to
enhancing economic cooperation between Malaysia’s states of Sabah and
Sarawak and Brunei.
They encouraged the two countries’ private
sectors to continue collaboration in promoting bilateral trade and
investment cooperation to deepen regional economic integration towards
the realisation the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015.
The
two leaders also welcomed the progress in demarcating borderline in land
while calling on the joint technical group for more efforts in the
work.
Malaysia and Brunei agreed to hold the 19th Annual Leaders’ Consultation in Brunei next year.
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah began his three-day working visit to Malaysia from November 3.-VNA