His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar 'Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, Minister of Defence and Supreme Commander of Royal Brunei Armed Forces, RBAF has consented to receive in audience His Excellency General Surapong Suwana-Adth, Chief of Defence Forces, Royal Thai Armed Forces. The audience ceremony took place at Istana Nurul Iman.

Present at the audience ceremony were First Admiral Retired Dato Seri Pahlawan Awang Abdul Aziz bin Mohd Tamit, Deputy Minister of Defence; Yang Dimuliakan Pehin Datu Pekerma Jaya Major General Dato Paduka Seri Mohammad Tawih bin Abdullah, Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces; Captain Retired Dato Paduka Abdul Rahman bin Begawan Mudim Dato Paduka Haji Bakar, Royal Brunei Navy (RBN), Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence and His Excellency Biravij Suwanprades, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Thailand to Brunei Darussalam.

In 1999, Brunei Darussalam and Thailand signed an agreement to cooperate in areas of training, human resource development and exchange of visits in which defence has grown to be an important part of the overall bilateral tiles. The goodwill visit by His Excellency General Surapong Suwana-Adth aims to further strengthen the professional bilateral ties and defence cooperation between the two armed forces.  

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