S'pore to better ties with KL

S'pore to better ties with KL

SINGAPORE (Reuters): Singapore wants to put its relations with
Malaysia back on keel and ensure cohesion within the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong
said on Sunday.

"I think ASEAN is going through a crisis because of the
economic crisis and if ASEAN is not seen to be working together
as a cohesive unit, it will lose some stature internationally,"
Goh said.

State television quoted him as saying Singapore wanted good
relations with Malaysia following recent tensions, and had left
Malaysia to set the pace. He agreed with comments by Malaysian
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad that ties had now taken a turn
for the better.

The television quoted Goh, who will meet Mahathir before an
APEC meeting in Kuala Lumpur later this month, as saying the two
had a sound personal relationship.