PANO – Vietnamese Foreign Deputy Minister Ho Xuan Son and Cambodian Senior Minister in charge of Border Affairs Var Kimhong, Chairmen of the Joint Committee on Demarcation and Boundary Markers on the Vietnamese–Cambodian Border, discussed some relevant issues in a three-day meeting from July 7th to 9th in Phnom Penh.

The two sides reviewed the demarcation and border-marker planting work from 2006. Accordingly, over the past years the two countries have demarcated 920km of the 1,137km border, identified 260 out of 314 spots to place border markers, and erected 305 markers. In addition, 104 islets have been determined: thirty-nine in Vietnam and sixty-five in Cambodia.

The two sides at the talks. Photo: vietnamplus.vn

 

They agreed to promote the demarcation and border-marker talks in line with the inked bilateral agreements on border control, making contributions to building a peaceful, friendly, and stable borderline for the benefits of the two peoples.

During the meeting, the two sides frankly discussed the unfortunate incidents that had happened in border areas, and they promised to boost cooperation between localities and relevant agencies of the two countries to deal with problems. With regard to the recent incidents, they agreed to address the recent incident and work together to solve it in a timely way, preventing it from spreading, hindering the demarcation work, and affecting the two countries’ relations.

The two sides will also cooperate to ensure security in border areas, promote dissemination and education to help locals grasp treaties and memorandum of understanding agreements signed by the two countries. 

At the end of the talks, the two sides signed the minutes and agreed to organize the next meeting in August.

Translated by Tran Hoai