Laos, Cambodia agree to install more border markers

The meeting between the Laos –Cambodia and Cambodia - Laos Joint Boundary Commissions on April 21 in Cambodia's Sihanoukville province. (Photo: Vientiane Times)

Hanoi (VNA) – Laos and Cambodia have agreed to jointly embellish border markers and install 387 more border posts to clearly define their shared borderline, Vientiane Times reported on April 24.

The newspaper quoted a press release of the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs as saying that the outcome was achieved during the meeting between the Laos –Cambodia and Cambodia - Laos Joint Boundary Commissions on April 21 in Cambodia's Sihanoukville province.

Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay Kommasith, who is also Chairman of the Laos - Cambodia Joint Boundary Commission, led the Lao delegation to the talks with Senior Minister in charge of Border Affairs and Chairman of the Cambodia- Laos Joint Boundary Commission Var Kim Hong.

Participants agreed that 387 more border markers will be installed in necessary areas including in curving borderline and densely populated communities.

Technical teams of both sides will be arranged to jointly work on the border sites starting in early May, and complete the work by the next two years.

The Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs said  the two sides also discussed the disagreed points of the borderline, which was the result of a joint inspection of 86% of the border.

The meeting assigned technical teams of both sides to jointly carry out a further survey and discuss in line with the principle agreed upon by both sides, then submit solution recommendations to the chairmen of the two joint boundary commissions toward solving the unresolved border areas.

Both sides reached a consensus to work together to implement the Boundary Treaty between Laos and Cambodia, which the two governments signed on February 13, 2023.

The Lao ministry said the outcomes of the meeting contributed to enhancing further the friendship and cooperation between Laos and Cambodia, fulfilling the intention of the two Parties, states, and peoples in building a shared border of peace, friendship, and cooperation./.