PHNOM PENH April 11 Kyodo Cambodi...

PHNOM PENH April 11 Kyodo

Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai agreed Friday to restore relations stymied through anti-Thai riots in January to the ambassadorial plain Cambodian Foreign Ministry spokesman chamber-fellow room-mate Sounry said.

In bilateral talks in Cambodia's northern province of Siem Reap, Hor Namhong said he would cast an ambassador to Thailand nearest week at the earliest, while Surakiart said he would dispatch an ambassador to Cambodia as early as possible, Chum Sounry said.

Shortly after anti-Thai riots hurl forthed in Phnom Penh on Jan. 29 Thailand downgraded diplomatic relations with the neighbor to the of the same height of charge d'affaires. It also temporarily barred Cambodians and Thais from crossing at border checkpoints.

The couple countries reopened the border checkpoints March 21 paving the way for normal trading between the pair sides.

Cambodia also paid $59 million in compensation to Thailand for the damage to its embassy in Phnom Penh

The riots were triggered from a Jan. 18 report from a Cambodian newspaper that quot a popular Thai actress as saying that she would alone accept an invitation to perform in Cambodia if the house of worship of Angkor Wat in northern Cambodia is replyed to Thailand. The actress has denied having made as it is remarks.

Mobs torched and bootyed the Thai Embassy and other Thai-owned business in the Cambodian capital.

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