Friday, February 18, 2011

Thailand, Cambodia hold first business summit in Phnom Penh

PHNOM PENH, Feb 18 (MCOT online news) -- Despite an ongoing border conflict which has caused bloody fighting sporadically along their frontier, Thailand and Cambodia have held their first ever business summit in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh.

Thai Deputy Prime Minister Trairong Suwannakhiri and Deputy Commerce Minister Alongkorn Ponlaboot held talks Thursday with Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minster Keat Chhon and Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh in a cordial atmosphere with both sides agreeing that the border problem would not pose an obstacle to trade between the two neighbours.

Talks were focused on bilateral cooperation in trade, investment, agriculture, logistics, tourism and human resources development.


The Thai side also proposed during the meeting to increase the number of permanent border checkpoints and to increase the number of trucks carrying goods to 150 daily from the 40 currently permitted. At present there are only six permanent border checkpoints between the two neighbours.

The meeting was the first between senior officials of the two countries following bloody clashes at the disputed border between February 4-7 which left at least eight persons dead on both sides.

The Thai delegates were in Phnom Penh also to attend a four-day Thailand Trade Fair, which began Thursday.

Of 175 booths at the trade fair, 150 booths are Thai participants, including 53 private companies and 25 booths which belong to Cambodian traders.

Two-way trade in 2010 was valued at about Bt81 billion, up 20 per cent from the previous year, as Bangkok and Phnom Penh have extended cooperation to boost private trade and investment.

Thursday’s business summit was held under the Thai Commerce Ministry’s plan to boost trade with the country’s eastern neighbour under the so-called “3 rings and 5 doors”, a the government mission to revamp Thailand’s logistics to be the hub of Asia.

Thailand’s ambitious project is aimed at connecting the country to the wider world and eventually facilitate trade with its neighbours.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why do Kos Trol, sea and lands proximately over 10 000 km2 have been lost to Vietnam by who treaty? Why don't Cambodia goverment transparency explain to cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?

Cambodian army are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 and what's about over 10 000km2 of cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian army you are decide the fade of your nation, Cambodian army as well as cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?

Kos Trol, Sea and lands over 10 000km2 have been lost to Vietnam by who treaty at 1979 to 1985 treaty! treaty! Cambodian army at front line as well as all cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protect a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group rather in the real name of protecting khmer nation?

Cambodian army at front line suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs,lack of foods, lack of nutrition, their families have no health care help, no securities after they die but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning with young girls message, have super health care from oversea medical treatment, they are billionairs, millionairs who sell out the country to be rich and make cambodian people suffer everyday as cambodian people know already.

Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that result lost over 10 000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why don't they transparency inform all Cambodian and cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't include Kos Trol ( Kos Trol size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen with planty of natural resources ) in education

Smart Khmer Girl Ms.Rattana Keo,

Anonymous said...

Thai has American and UN full support. Small Asean countrues can't do much good to Cambodia. Where are their weapons come from? They just come to suck Cambodia natural resource such oil 2012 and mine, forest, lands, sea as China and Vietnam demonstrate in the past 1970-Now. ( China support Khmer rough give rushty AK and now weapons again Viet tanks, Viet support Hun Sen regime khmer poor until now but Hun Sen families, relative and friends are spending $US 2000 per night club everyday ).

Cambodian people if Hun Sen regime still remain you will never ever get life style as Singapoor, America, Japan at all. You will at the age of 81 years pushing cyclo everyday for the money to buy foods.

KI must do everything to save all cambodian...educate them more please.

Anonymous said...

Thailand and Cambodia are SIC, the rich make business and the poor and soldiers must die for them. No clear policy, bla bla bla.

Anonymous said...

Thai also use anti tanks missile guide make from US to wipe out Hun Sen regime Tanks. Hun Sen's tanks cab be see from the satilite very clear because they are made from metal. Anti-tank missile can delivery very accuraccy to destry all Hun Sen tanks by using live GPS guide from satilide.

All cambodian army don't stay in the tanks if you want to survive OK!

Hun Sen can't update military weapons due to Hun Sen's regime so much currupted. They use the nation money for them pockets only.

Anonymous said...

Thai PM is not perfect as I know but it is much better than Hun Sen. He and his families, relatives and friends make all cambodian people are suffering everyday but They are billionairs, millionairs abuse all khmer girls and people.

What do you think about that?

Anonymous said...

HUn SEn's regime is the regime that cambodian people must be slave to them, look at Hun Sen families, relative, friends are billionairs, millionairs where do they get the money from? Hun Sen always say in his speech Cambodia just get up from war, just get up from Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionairs, millionairs but innocent cambodian people are so poor.

This war is about to eliminate Hun Sen's regime. American, UN and the world are hate Hun SEn's regime. All cambodian people are also hate Hun Sen's regime.

Khmer girl Ms. Rattana Keo,

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

All dictators are
pretending themselves
as Gods or the highest angels called
Indra.
When they look down
at their slaves or
dogs,or animals.
One day I heard Hun
Sen said,"if all of
you to rise against
me like in Tunisia
or Egypt,I will close the doors and
beat dogs"
Hun Sen wants to kill Khmer people
like Khmer Rouge?
Stop! Don't compare
Khmer people to the
dogs;if Khmer are
dogs,Hun Sen is a dog too.
Close the doors to
beat or to kill Khmer like Pol Pot
regime.
The wave of killing fields was over.
The World War I,the
World War II,the
Cold War was over.
Now is the WORLD
WAR of ECONOMY and
the WIND of CHANGE
of DICTATORSHIP.