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Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand have finished discussing the frame of cooperation (FoC) in the customs, immigration, and quarantine fields amid the COVID-19 pandemic and plan to endorse and adopt the partnership next year.

Director of the Center for Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (CIMT), Firdaus Dahlan, made the remarks after attending the 26th meeting of IMT-GT ministers, held virtually on Thursday.

The discussion on the partnership had come to a standstill since 2014. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the sub-regional partnership managed to conclude the discussion on FoC in the customs, immigration, and quarantine fields, he said in a written statement.

He reiterated the three countries hope to endorse and adopt the cooperation document in 2021.

 
Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, which share land and sea borders, established economic and trade cooperation called the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) in 1993 with the aim of improving welfare and economic growth in the three countries, with a total population of about 84 million. (Antaranews)