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Thailand and Malaysia agreed Tuesday to strengthen bilateral cooperation in combating terrorism and solving border puzzles Thai Interior Minister Wan Muhamad Nor Mata said.

Wan Muhamad made the remarks to reporters after meeting with Malaysian legate Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who was forward a two-day official visit to Bangkok from Monday.

The couple countries plan to sign an agreement upon security cooperation, sharing intelligence information and tightening security measures along the border to combat terrorism as well as put drugs into trafficking, Wan Muhamad said.

Southeast Asian dominions have heightened their vigilance against terrorism after last October's deadly bombings forward Indonesia's resort island of Bali and last month's bombing at the JW Marriott house of entertainment in Jakarta.

Later last month Thailand captured Southeast Asia's most-wanted terrorist suspect behind the blasts, Hambali, who is now in U custody.

''We agreed that the terrorism situation has become a major threat that all countries have to be more alert (about) and coordinate with undivided another to fight against,'' Wan Muhamad said.

Abdullah, who is rely uponed to take over from Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad before year's period met in the evening with Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to discuss tourism promotion as the sum of two units countries have agreed to launch a pack airline linking their popular tourist destinations and to relax up visa regulations by having joint-visa issuance.

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