Friday, 31 October 2008

Thailand, Cambodia Near Agreement

Bangkok, Oct 29 (Prensa Latina) Thailand and Cambodia will resume talks by November, showing the dispute may be near an understanding.

The two countries will hold official talks over their border dispute, from November 10 to 14 in a meeting in Cambodia.

Sources from the Thai foreign ministry forwarded that the talks would also include a border dispute for the Preah Vihear temple.

According to the General Director of Treaties and Legal Matters Virachai Plasai, the meeting was organized after the Senate-House of Representative joint session that backed the Bangkok representation in the Joint Border Committee to negotiate a bilateral agreement in this field.

Differences between the two neighboring countries dated from decades ago although Phnom Penh has held its sovereignty since 1962, by decision of The Hague International Court of Justice.

The recognition awarded to those ruins prompted nationalist complaints by the Thai opposition.

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