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| Thailand and Cambodia take part in the first meeting to develop border cooperation on Thursday in Phnom Penh. (Foreign Ministry photo) |
Thailand and Cambodia agreed on Tuesday to foster
cooperation through joint development schemes and the introduction of new
border crossing checkpoints.
Thailand and Cambodia take part in the first meeting to
develop border cooperation on Thursday in Phnom Penh. (Foreign Ministry photo)
Two special economic zones will be set up in two
locations - between Aranyaprathet district in Sa Kaeo province and Poipet town
in Cambodia's Banteay Meancheay, and Trat's Klong Yai district and Koh Kong
province in Cambodia - Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said after the
first meeting of the Joint Commission on Border Area Development and
Connectivity in Phnom Penh.
Mr Surapong and Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong
also pledged to turn four temporary checkpoints into permanent crossings to
increase trade, transport and people's contact.
The checkpoints are located between Chong Arn Ma in Nam
Yuen district, Ubon Ratchathani, and An Ses in Preah Vihear province of
Cambodia, Ban Khao Din in Sa Kaeo and Phom Dei in Battambang, Ban Tha Sen in
Trat's Muang district and Thmor Da of Pursat, and Chong Sai Ta Ku in the Ban
Kruat district of Buri Ram and Chup Koki in Udon Meancheay.
The upgrade will start after the two countries demarcate
the order areas, he said.
The checkpoints project is among a dozen areas of planned
development between the two countries, which include schemes to boost road and
railway links.
Thailand will rehabilitate the six-kilometre-long tracks
from Aranyaprathet to Klong Luek opposite Poipet, after already supporting
Cambodia's efforts to rebuild the 48-kilometre-long railway from Poipet to
Sisophon. The two countries also agreed to open new a border checkpoint at Nong
Aide in Aranyaprathet and Strung Bot near Poipet.
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