BORDER MEET HELD AHEAD OF LARGE PROTEST
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA. Cambodian and Vietnamese officials yesterday met at the Council of Ministers to discuss rising border tensions, as villagers in Tbong Khmum province again reported Vietnamese authorities had destroyed crops in the disputed area.
Officials declined to reveal details of yesterday’s Joint Border Committee meeting, called to discuss recent tensions and ongoing border demarcation.
Concluding tomorrow, the talks, involving 25 officials from both sides, are led by Cambodia’s senior minister in charge of border affairs, Va Kim Hong, and his Vietnamese counterpart, Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister Ho Xuam Son.
The talks were prompted by alleged Vietnamese encroachment in Kandal and Ratanakkiri provinces and a violent clash between an opposition-led group and Vietnamese authorities in Svay Rieng on June 28.
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