majority region. Moreover, the two sides discussed ways of increasing cooperation and boosting relations between member state of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), especially in economy and investment, as well as looking into the possibility of signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between them. Following the talks, the two sides signed two agreements: the first for economic and technical cooperation, signed by Kuwaiti Finance Minister Mustafa Jassem Al-Shimali and Thai Deputy Prime Minister Sahas Banditkun; and the second a Memorandum of Understanding for deliberations between the foreign ministries of the two countries, signed by Kuwait's Foreign Undersecretary Khalid Sulaiman Al-Jarallah and acting Thai foreign undersecretary. Sheikh Nasser, then toured a commercial and industrial exhibition held on the sidelines of the meeting, and was briefed on the products of participating companies and their activities
