JAKARTA, Feb 17 (Bernama) — Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to attend a meeting of Asean foreign ministers in Jakarta on Feb 22 to discuss ways of solving the border issue between the two Southeast Asian neighbours, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported, citing a top Indonesian diplomat.
Most of the other Asean countries have approved the foreign ministers’ meeting, although some may be absent due to previous arrangements, said Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa,.
The main objective of the meeting in Jakarta is to encourage the two countries to continue to commit to a peaceful settlement of the dispute and to renounce the use of force and the threat of the use of force, as stated in Asean’s Treaty of Amity and Cooperation and also included in its Charter, the Jakarta Post quoted Natalegawa as saying.
He also said the other objective of the Jakarta meeting was to ensure a climate conducive to resuming negotiations between the two countries.
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