Friday, August 27, 2010

Road funds for Cambodia unfrozen [-Back to begging Thailand?]

Prison visit goes ahead as bilateral ties warm

27/08/2010
Anucha Charoenpo and Nopparat Kingkaew
Bangkok Post

Thailand is pledging to resume 1.4billion baht in assistance to Cambodia for a road development project in a further sign that ties between the two countries are returning to normal.

Thailand froze the loan shortly after Phnom Penh appointed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic adviser to the Cambodian government in November.

The soft loan will be spent on upgrading Road 68 from Kralanh to Samrong and O'Samach in Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey province.

Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said yesterday the aid would soon be resumed and people from the two countries would get back on track in terms of trade, tourism and investment.
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