Saturday, April 9, 2011

Shaky start to Thailand, Cambodia border talks

Friday, April 08, 2011
Mustaqim Adamrah
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

A two-day meeting on the Thailand-Cambodia border dispute kicked off Thursday in Bogor, south of Jakarta, focusing on the Joint Boundary Commission (JBC).

“There are two key elements we wish to promote [at this meeting]: First, how to ensure the continued cease-fire and the avoidance of armed conflict in the border area,” Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said on the sidelines of the JBC meeting.

“The [second] focus [is] the deployment of an observer team.”

The meeting, however, failed to commence with the General Border Committee (GBC) meeting. Marty said he hoped a GBC meeting would convene soon.

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