(Kyodo) - The foreign ministers of Thailand and Cambodia agreed Tuesday that their two countries should continue to pull back troops from disputed areas of the border.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting at Cha-Am beach resort, about 180 kilometers southwest of Bangkok, Thai Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag said he and his Cambodian counterpart Hor Namhong welcomed the first-phrase redeployment of forces from the border that took place over weekend.
He said they agreed that a second meeting of concerned officials to discuss the next phase of redeployment should be held Aug. 29 in Cambodia to follow up on the first such meeting held last week in Thailand.
Tej said that while the two sides have made progress toward resolving the military standoff along the border, the problem will still take some time to tackle.
Aside from the issue of troop redeployment, the two ministers also discussed demarcation of the Thailand-Cambodia land border and agreed to recommend to their respective governments that the next meeting on demarcation be held in early October.
The military standoff between two countries began July 15 after Cambodia temporarily detained three Thai activists who Cambodian authorities said had illegally crossed into Cambodian territory near the ancient temple of Preah Vihear temple.
Thailand and Cambodia subsequently built up their forces in and around the disputed area and tension rose accordingly.
But most of those troops were removed over the weekend in accordance with an agreement reached between the two foreign ministers at their previous meeting Cambodia's northern town of Siem Reap on July 28.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting at Cha-Am beach resort, about 180 kilometers southwest of Bangkok, Thai Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag said he and his Cambodian counterpart Hor Namhong welcomed the first-phrase redeployment of forces from the border that took place over weekend.
He said they agreed that a second meeting of concerned officials to discuss the next phase of redeployment should be held Aug. 29 in Cambodia to follow up on the first such meeting held last week in Thailand.
Tej said that while the two sides have made progress toward resolving the military standoff along the border, the problem will still take some time to tackle.
Aside from the issue of troop redeployment, the two ministers also discussed demarcation of the Thailand-Cambodia land border and agreed to recommend to their respective governments that the next meeting on demarcation be held in early October.
The military standoff between two countries began July 15 after Cambodia temporarily detained three Thai activists who Cambodian authorities said had illegally crossed into Cambodian territory near the ancient temple of Preah Vihear temple.
Thailand and Cambodia subsequently built up their forces in and around the disputed area and tension rose accordingly.
But most of those troops were removed over the weekend in accordance with an agreement reached between the two foreign ministers at their previous meeting Cambodia's northern town of Siem Reap on July 28.
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