Vietnam, Cambodia build border lines of peace, friendship
The negotiations for border demarcation and marker planting between Vietnam and Cambodia over the past time have reaped good outcomes, contributing to the creation of a stable and peaceful environment for the two countries’ national defence and economic development, heard a conference held in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on July 16.
An Giang (VNA) – The negotiations forborder demarcation and marker planting between Vietnam and Cambodia over thepast time have reaped good outcomes, contributing to the creation of a stableand peaceful environment for the two countries’ national defence and economicdevelopment, heard a conference held in the Mekong Delta province of An Giangon July 16.
According to the National Border Committee ofthe Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as of November 2018, Vietnam and Cambodia delineated1,042 out of the 1,137 km of border lines as well as built 315 out of the 371main border markers and 1,732 out of the 1,733 auxiliary ones.
Nguyen Hoang Hai, deputy director of the committee’sWest Frontier Department, said the Party and State always attach greatimportance to the maintenance and stable, sustainable development of friendshipand cooperation with neighbouring countries that share border lines withVietnam, including Cambodia.
This is the consistent, long-term policy and atop priority in Vietnam’s foreign policy, he said, adding that border treatiesand agreements signed between Vietnam and Cambodia are based on the respect ofeach other’s territorial integrity and in accordance with international law andpractices, aiming to build the shared border lines of peace and friendship inthe long run.
Sharing a border line of nearly 100km withCambodia, bordering Cambodian provinces of Takeo and Kandal, An Giang hasimportant strategic position in defence-security in the southwestern borderregion.
The cooperative relations between An Giang andCambodian provinces have been reinforced over the past time.
An Giang has defined and completed building 35 mainborder markers, including 33 bordering Takeo and two bordering Kandal, and 63 auxiliarymarkers bordering Takeo.-VNA
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At the conference (Photo: VNA) 
