Vietnam and Cambodia on July 28 agreed to maintain the strict implementation of signed agreements on border and border marker management, and step by step solve the remaining work of their land border demarcation and marker planting.
Border marker 313 along the Vietnam-Cambodia borderline (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam and Cambodia on July 28 agreed to maintain thestrict implementation of signed agreements on border and border marker management,and step by step solve the remaining work of their land border demarcation and markerplanting.
The consensus was reached during an online meeting betweenNguyen Minh Vu, Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chairman of the National BorderCommittee and Chairman of the Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Committee for Land BorderDemarcation and Marker Planting, and Var Kim Hong, Senior Minister in charge ofborder affairs and Chairman of the Cambodia-Vietnam Joint Committee on BorderDemarcation and Marker Planting.
At the event, the two sides expressed their delight at thefine development of the bilateral relationship despite impacts of the COVID-19pandemic, affirming that the governments and people of the two nations have provided eachother with valuable and timely assistance to cope with the pandemic.
In addition, the two countries’ border agencies andlocalities have closely coordinated to implement two legal documents recognisingthe completion of about 84 percent of the Vietnam-Cambodia land borderdemarcation and marker planting workload, which were signed on October 5, 2019and took effect on December 22, 2020.
Both sides also agreed to make good preparations for ameeting between the two Chairmen of the Vietnam-Cambodia and Cambodia-VietnamJoint Committees for Land Border Demarcation and Marker Planting in the coming time, and findflexible forms of exchange to well solve border issues, thus helping toconsolidate and build a Vietnam-Cambodia borderline of peace, stability, friendship, and cooperation for sustainable development./.
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Border marker 313 along the Vietnam-Cambodia borderline (Photo: VNA) 
