Cambodia, Vietnam agree to complete border demarcation ‘very soon’
Cambodia and Vietnam on 9 July wrapped up a three-day meeting to discuss tensions over their disputed border, with the two sides agreeing to complete demarcation of territory “very soon,” but a Cambodian opposition lawmaker dismissed the agreement and accused his government of ceding land to Hanoi.
The Cambodia-Vietnam Joint Border Committee, which consists of 25 members from each side, concluded the talks at Cambodia’s Council of Ministers building “in good spirits with mutual respect over sovereignty and territory of the two countries,” according to a statement by the Cambodian delegation.
The two sides recognized that the process of land delineation is “complicated,” despite having completed around 83 percent of the border so far, and “agreed to finish demarcating the border very soon,” it said.
