PHNOM PENH, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia is to install more markers along its border with Thailand for a clear demarcation of the state line, English-Khmer language newspaper the Mekong Times on Monday quoted official as saying.
"We have to install more border poles because the 73 (colonial-era) markers installed by France are inadequate," Var Kim Hong, chief of the National Border Committee, told the paper.
"We are examining markers planted by the French in Pailin and we hope to finish this task soon," he said, adding that it is not clear when the work will begin or how many markers will be needed.
Cambodia should emulate Malaysia which has planted over 10,000 markers along its border with Thailand, he said.
Cambodia has an 805-km border with Thailand with only 73 markers now. The absence of markers has made quarrels common.
| Editor: Wang Hongjiang |
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