BANGKOK, Jan 15 — Thai Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Affairs Minister Gen Tanasak Patimapragorn will visit Cambodia for the Ninth Thai-Cambodian Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation opening tomorrow, aiming to strengthen ties between the two neighbours.
Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Sek Wannamethee said Gen Tanasak would attend the meeting tomorrow in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
According to the spokesman, both countries discuss the issues raised by Thai Prime Minister Gen Prayuth Chan-o-cha and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in October.
Among important and urgent topic of discussions are infrastructure development and regional transport connectivity projects, border area development, upgrading of border checkpoints — particularly the Nong Ian-Stung Bot border checkpoint, solutions to illegal logging and wildlife smuggling problems, trade, cooperation in the energy and labour sectors and economic and academic projects. (MCOT online news)
