Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has urged Vietnamese and Lao relevantagencies, localities and forces to continue their close coordination forthe completion of the project on increasing and upgrading bordermarkers along the two countries’ shared boundary in 2014.
FM Minh, who is also Head of the Steering Committee on Land BorderDemarcation, was speaking at a meeting in Vietnam’s centralprovince of Nghe An on August 19 to review the land border markerplanting and upgrading project.
The minister said while thetwo countries have completed planting and upgrading the system ofmarkers along their shared border, a lot of work still lies ahead interms of drafting and signing related legal documents, such as theProtocol on Border Demarcation and Marker Planting and new agreements onborder management regulations as well as regulations on border gatesand border gate management.
Minister Minh said relevantagencies, local governments and forces involved in the work shouldcontinue to cooperate closely in order to fulfill all the remainingtasks by 2014 as agreed by leaders of the two countries.
Healso called for the effective implementation of the governmentalagreement on dealing with free migration and unregistered marriage inVietnam-Laos border areas.
Lao Deputy Prime Minister andForeign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith stated that the completion of thesystem of markers along the Vietnam-Laos border is a shared successwhich has an important significance in terms of politics,security-national defence and economic development, contributing tobuilding a border line of peace, friendship and mutual development.
At the meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son, who is also Headof the National Boundary Commission and Chairman of the Vietnam-LaosJoint Committee for Border Marker Planting, presented orientations forthe project in the time to come.
He emphasised that thecompletion of planting border markers in the field is evidence of thetwo countries’ success in addressing issues regarding border andterritory on the basis of equal negotiation, respecting each other’sindependence, sovereignty and legitimate rights, in line withinternational law. It creates a good premise for the completion of theentire project in 2014.
On this occasion, the ForeignMinisters of Vietnam and Laos awarded certificates of merit toorganisations and individuals who have greatly contributed to bordermarker planting.
The last border marker on the Vietnam-Laosborder line was inaugurated on July 9 at the gate separating theVietnamese town of Thanh Thuy in Nghe An province and the Lao townof Nam On in Bolikhamsay province.
Vietnam andLaos share a 2,000km border running from north to south. This isthe longest land border that Vietnam shares with a neighbouringcountry.-VNA
FM Minh, who is also Head of the Steering Committee on Land BorderDemarcation, was speaking at a meeting in Vietnam’s centralprovince of Nghe An on August 19 to review the land border markerplanting and upgrading project.
The minister said while thetwo countries have completed planting and upgrading the system ofmarkers along their shared border, a lot of work still lies ahead interms of drafting and signing related legal documents, such as theProtocol on Border Demarcation and Marker Planting and new agreements onborder management regulations as well as regulations on border gatesand border gate management.
Minister Minh said relevantagencies, local governments and forces involved in the work shouldcontinue to cooperate closely in order to fulfill all the remainingtasks by 2014 as agreed by leaders of the two countries.
Healso called for the effective implementation of the governmentalagreement on dealing with free migration and unregistered marriage inVietnam-Laos border areas.
Lao Deputy Prime Minister andForeign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith stated that the completion of thesystem of markers along the Vietnam-Laos border is a shared successwhich has an important significance in terms of politics,security-national defence and economic development, contributing tobuilding a border line of peace, friendship and mutual development.
At the meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son, who is also Headof the National Boundary Commission and Chairman of the Vietnam-LaosJoint Committee for Border Marker Planting, presented orientations forthe project in the time to come.
He emphasised that thecompletion of planting border markers in the field is evidence of thetwo countries’ success in addressing issues regarding border andterritory on the basis of equal negotiation, respecting each other’sindependence, sovereignty and legitimate rights, in line withinternational law. It creates a good premise for the completion of theentire project in 2014.
On this occasion, the ForeignMinisters of Vietnam and Laos awarded certificates of merit toorganisations and individuals who have greatly contributed to bordermarker planting.
The last border marker on the Vietnam-Laosborder line was inaugurated on July 9 at the gate separating theVietnamese town of Thanh Thuy in Nghe An province and the Lao townof Nam On in Bolikhamsay province.
Vietnam andLaos share a 2,000km border running from north to south. This isthe longest land border that Vietnam shares with a neighbouringcountry.-VNA
