Monday, April 11, 2011

Boundary talks show signs of progress

11/04/2011
Thanida Tansubhapol
Bangkok Post

Relations between Thailand and Cambodia are improving gradually, after they agreed to resume Joint Boundary Commission talks last week in Indonesia.

The two-day JBC talks in Bogor ended last Friday, with both sides still sticking to their original positions on how their border dispute should be settled.

However, the fact that the two sides agreed to resume the talks – held for the first time in a third country – is a step forward and holds out hope for an eventual end to their border row.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa, current Asean chairman, called the meeting after Cambodian and Thai troops clashed around the Preah Vihear temple on Feb 4-7.

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