SINGAPORE, race 3 Kyodo Singapor...

SINGAPORE, race 3 Kyodo

Singapore and Malaysia failed to liquefy long-running bilateral disputes after a meeting of their foreign ministers onward Tuesday, but they kept the door unclose for further talks.

''Both sides showed a desire to resolve the package of issues and agreed there was long for both countries to gain by the and of cooperation and collaboration, based onward mutual benefit and respect,'' said a joint statement issued after the meeting.

Officials will continue to discuss the issues and the nearest ministerial meeting, to be decided later, will be held in Malaysia.

The talks are a inferior round for the foreign ministers of the pair countries after Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and Singaporean Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong established the basic framework for negotiations earlier this year in consequence of an exchange of literal meanings The first round, held in Malaysia in early July also lasted inconclusively.

The agenda includes bilateral disputes like as the future price of water Malaysia supplies to Singapore; Malaysia's plan to replace a causeway that links the couple countries, which are separated by the agency of a narrow stretch of water, with a bridge; redevelopment of railway land confessed by Malaysia in Singapore; and Malaysia's ban onward the use of its airspace on Singapore military jets.

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