No Major Outcome On First Day Cambodia-Thai Border Talks
Minister in Charge of the State Secretariat of Border Affairs of Cambodia Lam Chea (right) and Thai Border Affairs Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Prasas Prasasvinitchai. Photo credit: Agence Kampuchea Presse
The sixth Joint Boundary Commission meeting between Cambodia and Thailand taking place in Phnom Penh on Saturday. Photo 1 caption: The sixth Joint Boundary Commission meeting between Cambodia and Thailand taking place in Phnom Penh on Saturday. Photo credit: Agence Kampuchea Presse
By Vijian Paramasivam
PHNOM PENH, June 14 (Bernama) -- The first round of the Cambodia-Thailand Joint Boundary (JBC) meeting concluded in Phnom Penh without any breakthrough.
Both parties are expected to resume the negotiations of the sixth commission meeting on Sunday morning, according to the state media Agence Kampuchea Presse.
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'JBC meeting in Phnom Penh was temporarily closed at almost 4 pm and with both sides resuming the meeting on June 15, 2025,' said the state media.
The ongoing JBC meeting is the first in 12 years.
The closed-door dialogue was chaired by Lam Chea, Minister in charge of the Secretariat of State for Border Affairs of Cambodia.
The Thai delegation was led by Prasas Prasasvinitchai, an adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in charge of border affairs.
This was the first formal diplomatic dialogue since tensions erupted on May 28, when Cambodian and Thai troops clashed briefly near Cambodia's northern Preah Vihear province area. A 48-year-old Cambodian sergeant was killed in the incident.
Both neighbours have been engaged in a decades-long dispute over their undemarcated 817-kilometre land border.
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