Tuesday, September 28, 2010

[Thai] Govt pushes new border checkpoints [with Cambodia]

Kasit: ‘Understanding vital to bilateral ties’

28/09/2010
Thanida Tansubhapol
Bangkok Post

They also agreed to allow border problems - particularly the dispute over the Preah Vihear temple - to be settled by legal processes.
NEW YORK : The Foreign Ministry is preparing to review a proposal to open new temporary checkpoints along the Cambodian border as part of a plan to restore relations.

The proposal to open new checkpoints was put on hold while relations cooled between the two countries, only thawing recently when the two agreed to return their ambassadors to each other's capital.

Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya did not specify yesterday where the border checkpoints would be located but said the spots had been picked and would be in areas safe from landmines.
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