Relevant Vietnamese and Cambodian agencies have closely coordinated tocontrol the situation in their joint border areas and not let the bordermatter affect the countries’ friendship, Foreign Ministry Spokesman LeHai Binh said on July 23.
He made the remark inresponse to reporters’ queries about measures to prevent the repeat ofdisturbances in joint border areas.
Vietnam andCambodia have an agreement on activities in their joint border areas,especially those that have not been demarcated or planted with markers,he said, noting that recent disturbances in Vietnam-Cambodia borderareas did not comply with related bilateral agreements.
The countries have also agreed to accelerate the negotiations on,demarcation and planting of border markers along their borderline underreached agreements, Binh added.
The spokesman saidVietnam does not have any comments about Cambodian Prime Minister HunSen’s sending of letters to the UN Secretary-General and leaders of theUK, the US and France to borrow the Bonne map that defines theborderline between Vietnam and Cambodia.
At theregular press conference, he provided further information that onDecember 27, 1985, Vietnam and Cambodia signed the Treaty on theDelimitation of National Boundaries between them, which took effect onFebruary 22, 1986. On October 10, 2005, they inked a supplementaryagreement to the 1985 Treaty, and the additional document beganenforcement on December 6, 2005.
Based on the twoagreements, the land border between Vietnam and Cambodia is showed onthe Bonne map, scale 1/100,000, and the UTM map, scale 1/50,000, thatwas enclosed with the 1985 Treaty.
Binh emphasisedthat the border demarcation and border marker planting is bilateral workbetween Vietnam and Cambodia and conducted on the basis of the twoaforementioned documents and other related bilateral agreements whichare in line with international law and practices.-VNA
He made the remark inresponse to reporters’ queries about measures to prevent the repeat ofdisturbances in joint border areas.
Vietnam andCambodia have an agreement on activities in their joint border areas,especially those that have not been demarcated or planted with markers,he said, noting that recent disturbances in Vietnam-Cambodia borderareas did not comply with related bilateral agreements.
The countries have also agreed to accelerate the negotiations on,demarcation and planting of border markers along their borderline underreached agreements, Binh added.
The spokesman saidVietnam does not have any comments about Cambodian Prime Minister HunSen’s sending of letters to the UN Secretary-General and leaders of theUK, the US and France to borrow the Bonne map that defines theborderline between Vietnam and Cambodia.
At theregular press conference, he provided further information that onDecember 27, 1985, Vietnam and Cambodia signed the Treaty on theDelimitation of National Boundaries between them, which took effect onFebruary 22, 1986. On October 10, 2005, they inked a supplementaryagreement to the 1985 Treaty, and the additional document beganenforcement on December 6, 2005.
Based on the twoagreements, the land border between Vietnam and Cambodia is showed onthe Bonne map, scale 1/100,000, and the UTM map, scale 1/50,000, thatwas enclosed with the 1985 Treaty.
Binh emphasisedthat the border demarcation and border marker planting is bilateral workbetween Vietnam and Cambodia and conducted on the basis of the twoaforementioned documents and other related bilateral agreements whichare in line with international law and practices.-VNA
