Lao, Cambodian leaders discuss bilateral issues
25/11/2008 16:53
Border demarcation, transport and electricity purchase agreements were on
the agenda of a meeting between Lao Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh and
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Vientiane yesterday, the Lao newspaper
Vientiane Times reported today.
The meeting took place when the Cambodian
leader is in Laos for five days to attend the 5th Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
Development Triangle Summit, scheduled on Nov. 25-26.
The two prime ministers
committed to continue demarcating their shared border and the possibility of
opening more border checkpoints to facilitate cross-border trade between the two
countries.
Bouasone suggested officials from both countries to talk about
Laos using a seaport in Sihanoukville in Cambodia's Khampong Saom province. This
was agreed to in 1995, but no action has been taken since then.
He also
informed Hun Sen about a power grid which has been established in Khong district
in Champassak province and reaches the Cambodian border. He said the two
countries should discuss the possibility of Cambodia purchasing electricity from
Laos.
Both prime ministers also witnessed the signing of an agreement on
investment protection between Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign
Affairs Thongloun Sisoulith, and his Cambodian counterpart Hor
Namhong.
Xinhua
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