Indonesia and Thailand have agreed to cooperate on addressing human trafficking-related issues based on the humanitarian principle, including those on illegal Rohingya and fishing migrants, Thai News
Agency (TNA) reported.
Thai Defence Ministry Spokesman Major General Kongcheep Tantrawanit told journalists that the agreement was concluded during a meeting between Indonesian Defence Minister General Ryamizard Ryacudu and visiting Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan in Jakarta, Indonesia's capital, on Thursday.
The spokesman said General Prawit, who oversees national security affairs, also invited the Indonesian defence minister to attend the one-day international special meeting on irregular migration in the Indian Ocean, to be hosted by Thailand on May 29.
The spokesman stated that both sides also discussed problems in the fishery sector, including illegal fishing in Indonesian waters by Thai fishermen, many of whom remain in Indonesian jails.
Both sides also agreed on strengthening military cooperation between Jakarta and Bangkok and to ink an accord on national defence cooperation.
The Thai deputy prime minister and defence minister is on a three-day official visits to Indonesia and Singapore from May 21-23.
Meanwhile, Colonel Suttipong Chongpakdee, Deputy Director of the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) in seaside Ranong Province in the Thai South said that his office has informed local security agencies to be on alert, following recent intelligence reports indicating that there might be another influx of over 2,000 Rohingya migrants into the province from May 29-June 3 to pressure Thailand to open a temporary shelter for the Rohingya Muslims.
He acknowledged that the problem of illegal marine migration into Thailand's southern Andaman coastal areas has persisted for over 10 years with the number of illegal migrants, especially ethnic Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar's northern Rakhine State, rising yearly, because it takes about 15 days to travel by sea from the Rakhine State to Ranong.
Bernama
Fri May 22 2015
Indonesia and Thailand have agreed to cooperate on addressing human trafficking-related issues based on the humanitarian principle. - File pic
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