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Thursday 30 October 2008

Thai parliament gives nod to Cambodia border talks

Thailand's parliament has given the government approval to launch border talks with Cambodia.

A foreign ministry official says parliament granted the government two frameworks for the negotiation.

The first, beginning with a meeting from November10-14, will cover redeployment of troops on disputed land near Preah Vihear temple and clearing landmines from the area.

In the second part, the two countries will try to settle ownership of patches of disputed land along Thailand and Cambodia's 798km shared border.

The border has never been fully demarcated, in part because it is littered with landmines left over from decades of war in Cambodia.

Tensions between the neighbours flared in July when the 11th century Preah Vihear was awarded United Nations World Heritage status, rekindling long-running tensions over ownership of the surrounding land.

Two rounds of emergency talks after armed clashes on October15 that killed one Thai and three Cambodians made little progress, although there was agreement for the soldiers not to fire on each other again.

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