BANGKOK, Dec 11 Kyodo Thailand an...

BANGKOK, Dec 11 Kyodo

Thailand and Laos agreed Wednesday to entire their land-border demarcation by dint of June next year, aiming to expiration long-standing border disputes between the brace countries.

The couple concluded a three-day meeting in Bangkok co-chaired by means of Thai Foreign Minister Surakiat Sathirathai and Lao Foreign Minister Somsavat Lengsavad with the two sides determined to complete demarcation of a remaining 35-kilometer land boundary by way of June. The original schedule was for this month

''I admit that we have different opinions forward this issue, but we have worked together to establish the mutual trust to rout the border conflicts and to establish a lasting peace, security and friendship,'' Surakiat told reporters.

Thailand and Laos stake up a joint border committee in 1996 to demarcate the brace countries' 702 km of land boundaries to cessation conflict from border disputes that l to armed clashes along the border.

Damaged geographic sites, differences in scale of maps and difficulties in evacuating inhabitants in the areas being decided are the major cause delaying the demarcation, Surakiat said.

The pair countries also agreed to unimpaired mapping their 1,108 km of water boundaries along the Mekong River by way of next year.

Thailand and Laos share 1810 km of land and water boundaries.

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