Saturday, April 9, 2011

Bonds start to mend in Bogor

Progress made on issue of Indonesian observers

8/04/2011
Thanida Tansubhapol & Wassana Nanuam
Bangkok Post

Thailand and Cambodia have resumed Joint Boundary Commission talks in Indonesia to try to resolve their border spat which has seen bilateral relations plunge to their lowest point in years.

Former ambassador Asda Jayanama and Cambodia’s top border negotiator Var Kimhong co-chaired the two-day meeting held in Bogor from yesterday.

At the meeting, which will be concluded today , Thailand and Cambodia agreed to work jointly on three issues to support border demarcation, said Chavanond Intarakomalyasut, secretary to Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya.

Thailand and Cambodia have reached agreements to prepare for the survey of border posts 1 to 23 in Surin and Si Saket provinces; to select a company to take aerial photos of the disputed border line; and to conduct a study on the opening of a new border checkpoint in Sa Kaeo, opposite Stung Bot in Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey province,” Mr Chavanond said.

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