Transport Minister Anthony Loke said he had a “fruitful and constructive” meeting with his Singaporean counterpart Khaw Boon Wan this morning.

“We agreed on the way forward to solve the Seletar airport issue, and the civil aviation authorities of both countries will continue the discussions on the technical aspects,” he said in a Facebook post on his third meeting with Khaw regarding the matter.

Prior to this, Economic Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali had announced the meeting was to take place tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Khaw, on his Facebook page, said Singapore had suggested extending the mutual suspension of Malaysia’s restricted area over Pasir Gudang and Singapore’s Instrument Landing System (ILS) procedures at Seletar Airport.

“It is to give the officials more discussion time to reach a win-win outcome. He (Loke) will take my suggestion back to his cabinet colleagues,” said Khaw in his posting on today’s meeting, which was accompanied with a photograph of him and Loke.

On Jan 8, Malaysia and Singapore agreed for both sides to immediately and simultaneously suspend Malaysia's permanent restricted area over Pasir Gudang and Singapore’s ILS procedures for Seletar Airport for a period of one month.

According to Khaw, he and Loke would meet again after the Lunar New Year, to continue the airspace discussion.

The two earlier meetings were held in Putrajaya and Bangkok.

- Bernama