Conference spotlights Vietnam-Cambodia border demarcation outcomes
Outcomes of border demarcation and marker planting of Vietnam and Cambodia were highlighted at a conference jointly held by the Party Central Committee’s Information and Education Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relevant agencies in Hanoi on July 7.
The online conference, which saw the participation of representatives from 10 provinces sharing border with Cambodia, gave an insight into relevant legal documents signed by the two countries.
They are the Supplementary Treaty to the 1985 Treaty on the Delimitation of National Boundaries and the 2005 Supplementary Treat and the protocol on land border demarcation and marker planting, which took effect as from December 22, 2020.
Phung The Long, Vice Chairman of the National Border Committee under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressed the significance of building a modern common border to defence and security management and guaranteeing in border areas.
The documents have consolidated the legal framework for the two countries to continue building a shared border line of peace, stability, friendship, cooperation and sustainable development, contributing to continuously enhancing the good neighbourliness and traditional solidarity, for the sake of their people, he said.
Long urged border localities to closely coordinate with Cambodian authorities to raise border management capacity, and protect results of border demarcation and marker planting.
Joint efforts are needed to fight plots and activities that aim to sabotage authorities in each country and undermine the traditional friendship between the two countries, he added.
The conference put forth major tasks in the time ahead, especially the communication work.
