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Border issue dominates Thai-Cambodia talks
Border talks topped the agenda on Monday for Thai and Cambodian foreign ministers heading into a meeting to find a lasting solution to a lingering territorial dispute that brought the two neighbours close to an armed clash.
- AP
- Published: 23:21 August 18, 2008
Phnom Penh: Border talks topped the agenda on Monday for Thai and Cambodian foreign ministers heading into a meeting to find a lasting solution to a lingering territorial dispute that brought the two neighbours close to an armed clash.
A formal session is to be held today in the Thai resort town of Hua Hin to follow up on informal talks last evening. It follows two earlier inconclusive rounds. Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej paid a visit to Thai soldiers in the area ahead of the meeting, declaring the need to resolve the dispute peacefully.
On July 28, the foreign ministers of both countries agreed to withdraw their troops from the disputed area near the 11th century Preah Vihear temple.
Both sides pulled out most of their troops from the disputed territory on Saturday, according to Hang Soth, director-general of the Preah Vihear National Authority, a Cambodian government agency.
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