Hun Sen and Abhisit vow to cooperate

IN their first face-to-face meeting since the resumption of full diplomatic ties last month, Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Thai counterpart, Abhisit Vejjajiva, pledged to scale down tensions at the countries’ contentious border and rehabilitate their strained relationship.

Speaking to reporters at Phnom Penh International Airport upon the return of the Cambodian delegation from the ASEAN-US Leaders’ Meeting in New York, senior minister Prak Sokhon said the two leaders had met for about half an hour on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

“The meeting between the two premiers this time has been constructive, and will build understanding and good relations between the neighbouring countries,” Prak Sokhon said. Hun Sen and Abhisit will have the opportunity to speak again at next week’s Asia-Europe Meeting in Belgium, and at the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting in Vietnam in late October, Prak Sokhon said. Abhisit said he and Hun Sen had “agreed to enhance the relations by promoting constructive activities and avoiding military confrontations, as well as fostering cooperation at ... ministerial levels”, Thai state media reported...

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