PUTRAJAYA, April 9 -- Malaysia and Brunei will continue to strengthen bilateral cooperation in disaster management, particularly expertise sharing, capacity building and joint training, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Ahmad Zahid who is also the Central Disaster Management Committee (JPBP) chairman, said the effort was implemented through collaboration between the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) and Brunei's National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC), which has been the main platform for coordinating various initiatives since 2022.

He said Malaysia and Brunei also agreed to emphasise the importance of implementing integrated cross-border disaster management exercises regularly as the two countries s...