The keen wish for cooperation in the transportation sector, he said, was marked with the signing of an agreement at the 25th joint business council meeting of the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) in Banda Aceh recently.
Besides coordinating flights from and to cities in the IMT-GT, it was also agreed to increase exports and imports through Belawan Port, evaluate and formulate a work program on the operation of Ro Ro (roll in roll out) vessels plying the Belawan-Penang-Belawan route.
The agreement also covered a recommendation to reach a common tariff for sea/air ports in the IMT-GT region, Mahalli said."The agreement was accommodated by the infrastructure and transportation division of the IMT-GT as the cooperation deals were believed to be effective to boost trade between the three countries," he said. (Read More..)
