Malaysia and Thailand will carry out a feasibility study soon on agricultural development in the Kolok River Basin near their borders, the Bernama news agency reported Sunday.

The governments of the two countries wanted to develop the basin as part of the overall joint border projects, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mustapa Mohamed was quoted as saying in Kota Bharu, capital of the Kelantan state.

The Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) had agreed to the agricultural development, Mohamed added.

"The IMT-GT meeting today also agreed to carry out a feasibility study on building a new bridge over the Kolok River, which would be funded by Malaysia, and a bridge connecting Pengkalan Kubur and Takbai, southern Thailand, which would be funded by Thailand," Mohamed told reporters after chairing a meeting to re-evaluate programs under the IMT-GT.

The leaders of the two countries signed an agreement to jointly build a second bridge over the Kolok River last October but little progress has been made up to now.

Thai Foreign Minister Kantathi Suphamongkhon paid a five-day visit to Malaysia from June 8. During that visit, Kantathi and his Malaysian counterpart Syed Hamid Albar agreed to continue to consult on the joint border projects.

Source: Xinhua