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Cambodia, Vietnam vow to have wider range of border development

August 03, 2010
Xinhua

"In order to complete the land border demarcation and pillar installation by the end of 2012 as agreed in the work plan, the border provinces shall support and provide favorable conditions and cooperation to implement some duties such as protecting the border markers and pillars, assisting the construction of the border pillars, educating people to maintain the border and pillars and to respect the border affairs regulations...," Joint Viet-Xmer communique

Cambodia and Vietnam concluded their one-day talks on Tuesday afternoon in Cambodia's capital city of Phnom Penh to have wider range of border development.

In a joint-communique, released after the meeting, the two countries vowed to foster wider range of border development in many fields ranging from the outcomes to the new building of infrastructure, investment, trade and services, industry, agriculture, forestry information, markets development, health, tourism, education, border demarcation, energy, human resource, security and public order.

The meeting was co-chaired by Sar Kheng, deputy prime minister and minister of interior and Pham Gia Khiem, deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of Vietnam -- was the 6th of its kind that focuses on border cooperation and development between the two countries.

The meeting was called "Meeting on cooperation and development between border provinces of Cambodia and Vietnam".

It is an annual meeting and held in a rotative schedule between Cambodia and Vietnam.

Last year meeting was held in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.

Delivering speech at the talks, Sar Kheng said as a host of the meeting he was proud to announce that the bilateral cooperation between the two nations, especially, since the first meeting until today, many fields of cooperation have been fulfilled and achieved.

"The existing mechanism for cooperation is becoming an effective way for actual implementation between the two governments which is aimed at fostering and strengthening solidarity, friendship and brotherly cooperation between Cambodia and Vietnam," he said.

"Our countries have cooperated well and supported one another in the struggle against the global economic crisis for the purpose of reducing the impact from this crisis," he added.

Pham Gia Khiem said he was confident that bilateral cooperation between the two nations in all fields will be promoted.

In the 7-page joint communique, both sides agreed to maintain both regular and extraordinary meetings between provincial, district and communal authorities and responsible agencies of the two countries at the border areas to improve information sharing and promote cooperation and mutual assistance.

The two countries also mentioned on the part of border demarcation to be completed by the end of 2012.

"In order to complete the land border demarcation and pillar installation by the end of 2012 as agreed in the work plan, the border provinces shall support and provide favorable conditions and cooperation to implement some duties such as protecting the border markers and pillars, assisting the construction of the border pillars, educating people to maintain the border and pillars and to respect the border affairs regulations...," the joint communique said.