THAILAND and Cambodia have signed a Regional Border Committee (RBC) agreement upholding all 13 provisions of the ceasefire agreed upon at General Border Committee (GBC) meeting in Malaysia with mine clearing being among three additional provisions accepted, Amarin TV said today (Aug 22).
The other two are jointly suppressing call centre scammers and establishing a joint coordination unit.
Lt. Gen. Amrit Bunsuya, commander of Thai First Army Region, said at a press conference that while these three additional provisions had been agreed upon, Cambodia requested a change to the fourth one.
This last provision dwells on addressing violations of memorandum of understanding 43, which was signed on June 14, 2543 (2000) and abbreviated accordingly, with the two countries agreeing to conduct a land boundary survey and demarcation that is clear and in accordance with international standards.
Cambodia requested that the Joint Boundary Committee (JBC) should discuss possible violations of MOU 43 as this does not fall under RBC’s authority. However, this matter would have to be submitted to GBC first.
Maj. Gen. Suravich Daengchan, chief of staff of the First Army Region and chairman of the Thai Working Group, said that this agreement was finalised at 2.00 a.m. this morning.
Both sides agreed to mine clearing because both countries are parties to the Ottawa Convention.
It is also positive that Cambodia has agreed to suppress scammers at Cambodia’s Poipet border town, opposite Ban Klong Luek, Aranyaprathet, Thailand. Cambodian police will be participating in resolving this issue.
“We previously raised these two issues at the GBC meeting but received no response. At this RBC meeting, the First Army Region discussed the matter and reached an agreement,” he said.
Under the third provision agreed upon Thailand’s First Army Region and Cambodia Fifth Army Region will set up a coordination committee with this to be subdivided into Local Border Committees to serve as a mechanism for addressing local issues.
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Thai and Cambodian commanders shaking hands after reaching an agreement at the RBC meeting. Photos: Amarin TV
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