Informal agreement at RBC meeting

Published: 24/08/2011
Bangkok Post

Thailand and Cambodia on Wednesday informally agreed to step up cooperation between their security forces to ensure peace along their shared border, 2nd Army Region Commander Lt Gen Thawatchai Samutsakorn said.

That was the unofficial result of the three-hour Thai-Cambodian Regional Border Committee (RBC) meeting held in Nakhon Ratchasima province.

No agreement on a specific topic was signed at the meeting, Lt Gen Thawatchai said after leading the Thai delegation in the RBC talks with the Cambodian delegation.

However, they did also agree informally to cooperate in improving the quality of life of people living along the border and to jointly tackle the drug trafficking problem.

There would be more sharing of security intelligence information and joint border patrols to curb drug trafficking and the other crime along the Thai-Cambodian border, he said.

With the ultimate goal of improving bilateral relations, it was also agreed to step up cooperation in other areas of development such as public health, agriculture, tourism, education and cultural exchanges.