Thailand and Malaysia have agreed to build two cross-border bridges linking the neighbouring country with Tak Bai and Sungai Kolok districts of violence-plagued Narathiwat province to boost bilateral economic cooperation.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Surapong Towichukchaikul, who represented Thailand at yesterday’s 12th meeting of the Thai-Malaysian Joint Committee, said the cost of constructing the bridges would be split equally between the two countries.

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