Malaysia is willing to cooperate with Thailand to bring peace to the country’s southernmost provinces, Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said Thursday.

The minister was speaking after meeting with his Malaysian counterpart, Datuk Anifah bin Haji Aman, on the sidelines of the 66 th UN General Assembly in New York.

Surapong thanked the Malaysian government for its good cooperation with Thailand in handling the violence in the three southern provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala.

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