Pursuant to the planned State Visit to Thailand of His Majesty Almu’tasimu Billahi Muhibbuddin Tuanku Alhaj Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah, the 14th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, and Her Majesty the Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Hajah Haminah on 18- 21 February 2013,

   The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand was informed, on 17 February 2013, by the Embassy of Malaysia in Bangkok that His Majesty the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, on the advice of His Majesty’s personal physician, deeply regretted having to postpone the said State Visit to a later date.

   His Majesty the Yang di-Pertuan Agong was elected by the Conference of the Rulers as the 14th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia on 14 October 2011 and has begun His Majesty’s reign since 13 December 2011.  His Majesty had once served as the 5th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from September 1970 to September 1975.  In his capacity as the 5th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, His Majesty paid a State Visit to Thailand from 1-8 February 1973. The planned upcoming State Visit to Thailand would be His Majesty’s second, which is indeed a historic event in Thai-Malaysian relations.