BANGKOK, April 10 (MCOT online news) – Thai and Cambodian officials met Tuesday to discuss the logging and trade in Siamese rosewood along the two countries’ borders.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Information Department Director-General
Thani Thongpakdee told a news conference here of an over three-hour
meeting between representatives of both countries, during which he said
Cambodia had expressed concerns on the issue.
Cambodia’s Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs and International
Cooperation Long Visalo spoke with Thailand’s Vice Foreign Minister
Jullapong Nonsrichai.
According to Mr Thani, both sides agreed to find a solution to end
the illegal logging. Closer collaboration between the two nations is
desired.
Thailand has related agencies to deal with the issue, including the
Border Affairs and the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation
Departments. Thailand will meet with Cambodia again to determine which
of its agencies will be responsible for the matter.
Two Cambodian loggers were extrajudicially killed in February by a
Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation
patrol.
In Thailand’s northeast, Siamese rosewood is popular and has been
smuggled incessantly for sale as a rare wood for exotic furniture
manufacture.
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