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RFA ដោយ ឡេង ម៉ាលី   2012-04-27

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២៧-មេសា-២០១២៖ សពលោក ឈុត វុទ្ធី ដែលគ្រួសារដឹកចេញពីខេត្តកោះកុង ឆ្ពោះមក ស្រុក កំណើត។   សាចញាតិសពបានឱ្យដឹងនៅវេលាម៉ោង ៦ ល្ងាចថ្ងៃទី ២៧ ខែមេសានេះថា រថយន្តដឹកសពកំពុងធ្វើដំណើរបានពាក់កណ្ដាលផ្លូវហើយ។

លោក ឈុត វុទ្ធី ប្រធានអង្គការការពារធនធានធម្មជាតិ ត្រូវបានមន្ត្រីកង រាជអាវុធ ហត្ថម្នាក់ ដែល យាមល្បាតទីតាំងកាប់ឈើ មួយ ក្នុងខេត្តកោះកុង បាញ់សម្លាប់នៅថ្ងៃទី២៦ ខែមេសា ឆ្នាំ ២០១២។

ការបាញ់ប្រហារនេះ ខណៈដែលលោក និងអ្នកកាសែត ឌឹ ខេមបូឌា ដេលី (The Cambodia Daily) បានចូលទៅកាន់ទីតាំងកាប់ឈើមួយ ក្នុងចំណុចវាល៣ ភូមិកោះប៉ោ ឃុំប៉ាក់ខ្លង ស្រុកមណ្ឌលសីមា ខេត្តកោះកុង។

សពលោក ឈុត វុទ្ធី នឹងយកត្រូវគ្រួសារយកធ្វើបុណ្យ តាមប្រពៃណីសាសនា នៅស្រុកកំណើត គឺនៅភូមិស្វាយមាស ឃុំវិហារសួគ៌ ស្រុកខ្សាច់កណ្ដាល ខេត្តកណ្ដាល៕

កម្ពុជាចង់ឱ្យតំបន់អាស៊ានក្លាយជាតំបន់គ្មានសង្គ្រាមស៊ីវិល

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កម្ពុជាបានពិចារណានិងដាក់ជូនសម្រាប់តំបន់ពិនិត្យនូវគំនិតផ្តួចផ្តើមថ្មីមួយស្របតាម សភាព ការណ៍ ដែលមានការវិវត្តន៍ជាវិជ្ជមាននានា តាមបណ្តាប្រទេសក្នុង តំបន់គឺលទ្ធភាពនៃ ការខិត ខំធ្វើ យ៉ាងណាឱ្យតំបន់អាស៊ានក្លាយជាតំបន់គ្មានសង្គ្រាមស៊ីវិល ។

លោកនាយឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ទៀ បាញ់ ឧបនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីរដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងការពារ ជាតិថ្លែង បែបនេះ កាលពីព្រឹកថ្ងៃទី២៦ ខែមេសា ឆ្នាំ២០១២នេះក្នុងពិធីបើកកិច្ចប្រជុំ មន្ត្រីជាន់ខ្ពស់ការពារ ជាតិ អាស៊ានបូក(  ADMM-Plus ) ធ្វើឡើងនៅ សណ្ឋាគារអង្គរសេនជូរីខេត្តសៀមរាប ។

លោកនាយឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ទៀ បាញ់បានមានប្រសាសន៍ ថា ក្រឡេកមើលទៅ កិច្ច សហ ប្រតិបត្តិ ការតំបន់ពីអតីតនិង បច្ចុប្បន្នយើងឃើញថាបានបោះជំហាន ទៅ មុខយ៉ាងច្បាស់ លាស់ជាពិសេស ការកសាងទំនុកចិត្តការជឿជាក់ និង ការពង្រឹងស្ថាប័ន ។

កិច្ចសហប្រតិបត្តិការក្នុងការអនុវត្តន៍ជាក់ស្តែងនិងការអភិវឌ្ឍន៍វិជ្ជាជីវៈរវាងមន្ត្រីសន្តិសុខនិង តួ អង្គពាក់ព័ន្ធផ្សេងៗ កំពុងតែឈានទៅមុខលើ មាគ៌ាដ៏ត្រឹមត្រូវមួយដើម្បីឆ្លើយតប ទៅនឹងសេចក្តី ត្រូវការសន្តិសុខ របស់ប្រជាជនក្នុងតំបន់ ។

លោកនាយឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ទៀ បាញ់ បានបញ្ជាក់ទៀតថា យើងទាំងអស់គ្នាបានទទួលស្គាល់ថា សន្តិ សុខរបស់អ្នក គឺជាសន្តិសុខរបស់ខ្ញុំសន្តិសុខ របស់ខ្ញុំគឺ ជា សន្តិសុខរបស់អ្នកដែរ ។

សន្តិសុខរបស់យើង(ដែលសំដៅទៅលើតំបន់ អាស៊ាន)គឺមានភាពទាក់ទង គ្នាមិន អាចកាត់ ផ្តាច់ បាននិងមានភាពពឹងពាក់គ្នាទៅវិញទៅមក។ និយាយម៉្យាងទៀត តំបន់ អាស៊ាន របស់យើង បាន ប្តូរពីផ្នត់គំនិតសន្តិសុខបែបប្រកួតប្រជែងទៅជាសន្តិសុខសហប្រតិបត្តិការ ។

លោកបន្តថាADMM និងADMM-Plus គឺជារចនាសម្ព័ន្ធសន្តិសុខសំខាន់បំផុតនៅក្នុងដំណើរការនេះ ។ កិច្ចប្រជុំ ADSOM , ADSOM-Plus បានដើរតួនាទីជាសារវ័ន្តនៅក្នុងដំណើរការនេះផងដែរ ។

ដូចដែលបានកំណត់ឡើង នៅក្នុងសេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍រួមនៅក្នុងកិច្ចប្រជុំADMM-Plusនៅរដ្ឋធានី ហាណូយនៃសាធារណរដ្ឋសង្គមនិយមវៀត ណាមនាឆ្នាំ២០១២ADSOM-Plus លើកទី១និងកិច្ចប្រជុំ បន្តបន្ទាប់ ជាពិសេសកិច្ចប្រជុំនៅប្រទេសឥណ្ឌូនេស៊ីក្នុង ពេលកន្លង ទៅនេះបានជំរុញឱ្យមានកិច្ច សហប្រតិបត្តិការជាក់ស្តែងយ៉ាងច្រើន  ប្រកបដោយជោគជ័យគួរឱ្យកត់ សម្គាល់ ។

លោកឧបនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីបានបន្តទៀតថាយើងត្រូវតែបន្តធ្វើការជាមួយប្រទេស”បូក”គឺអាស៊ាន១០ប្រទេសបូកជា មួយប្រទេស៨ទៀតមានប្រទេសចិន , កូរ៉េ , ជប៉ុន , ឥណ្ឌា , អាមេរិក , រុស្ស៊ី , អូស្ត្រាលី និងនូវែលសេឡង់និង ចំណាប់អារម្មណ៍របស់បណ្តាប្រទេសផ្សេងៗ ក្នុងការចូលរួមកកិច្ចដំណើរ ការ ក្នុងនាមជាប្រទេសអាស៊ានបូក ។

យើងត្រូវតែបន្តធ្វើការជិតស្និទ្ធជាមួយប្រទេសបូក ខណៈដែលរក្សាឱ្យបាននូវតួនាទីស្នូល និង សកម្ម  របស់អាស៊ាន ដែលជាកម្លាំងចលករមួយដ៏សំខាន់បំផុតនៅ ក្នុងនិម្មាបនកម្មសន្តិស៊ិខក្នុងតំបន់ ប្រកបដោយភាពចំហតម្លាភាពនិង ការចូលរួមដើម្បីគាំទ្រនូវការបង្កើត សហគមន៍នយោបាយនិង សន្តិសុខអាស៊ានឆ្នាំ២០១៥ ។ លោកឧបនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីទៀ បាញ់ បានមានប្រសាសន៍ទៀតថា នៅ ក្នុងបរិបទនៃភាពស្មុគស្មាញនិងភាពមិនទៀង ទាត់នៃបញ្ហាសន្តិសុខ ដែលកំពុងកើតឡើងនៅ ក្នុង តំបន់ និងដោយយល់ឃើញថា វាជាការចាំបាច់ត្រូវតែជំរុញកិច្ច ពិភាក្សា សន្តិសុខរវាងថ្នាក់ដឹកនាំ កំ ពូលនានា នៃវិស័យការពារជាតិនេះកម្ពុជា  ដែលជាប្រធានអាស៊ានបានប្រឹង ប្រែងសម្រប សម្រួល និងជួយជំរុញឱ្យមានការកែប្រែគម្លាតនៃការប្រជុំ ADMM-Plus ពី៣ឆ្នាំម្តង២ឆ្នាំម្តង ។

ជាមួយនឹងការលើកឡើងនោះលោកឧបនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីទៀ បាញ់បាននិយាយថា នៅតាម បណ្តា ប្រ ទេសតាមតំបន់ គឺជាលទ្ធភាពនៃការប្រឹងប្រែងធ្វើយ៉ាងណា ឱ្យតំបន់អាស៊ានរបស់ យើងក្លាយ ទៅជា តំបន់គ្មានសង្គ្រាមស៊ីវិល ។ កម្ពុជាក៏បានប្តេជ្ញាធ្វើការស្រាវជ្រាវ និងអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ ជាមួយដៃគូនានា ធ្វើ ឱ្យ បានសម្រេចលទ្ធផលល្អ និងមានប្រសិទ្ធ ភាពដើម្បីរួមចំណែកបន្ថែមឱ្យបានស្ថិរភាព សន្តិ ភាព និង ការអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ក្នុងតំបន់របស់យើង។

លោកក៏បានជឿជាក់ ផងដែរថាកិច្ចពិភាក្សា រវាង អាស៊ាន និងប្រទេសអាស៊ានបូក យើងអាច ពង្រឹង បាន ថែមទៀតនូវការយល់គ្នាខាងយុទ្ធ សាស្ត្រ និង ស្វែង រកដំណោះស្រាយ ប្រកបដោយ ប្រសិទ្ធ ភាពខ្ពស់ចំពោះបញ្ហាសន្តិសុខរួមនៅក្នុងតំបន់ ។

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Time’s list of 100 most influential people…where’s PhD.Hun Sen?

The list, now in its ninth year, recognises the activism, innovation and achievement of the world’s most influential individuals.

As Time managing editor Richard Stengel has said of the list in the past, “The Time 100 is not a list of the most powerful people in the world, it’s not a list of the smartest people in the world, it’s a list of the most influential people in the world.

“They’re scientists, they’re thinkers, they’re philosophers, they’re leaders, they’re icons, they’re artists, they’re visionaries.

“People who are using their ideas, their visions, their actions to transform the world and have an effect on a multitude of people.”

Check out which Asians make it into the list of the most influential.

Reader’s Pick: (Crook)Sondhi sentenced to 20 years in prison

The Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced People’s Alliance for Democracy co-leader Sondhi Limthongkul, to 20 years in jail without parole for violating the Securities and Exchange Act, reports said.

Sondhi, a 64-year-old media mogul and a leader of the yellow shirt movement, was found guilty of verifying false documents, allowing Manager Media Group, a company in which he was one of the board members and held some shares, to seek loans amounting to 1.07 billion baht from Krung Thai Bank during 1996 and 1997.
The court found him guilty on 17 counts. On each count he was sentenced to five years imprisonment.
His 85-year jail term was halved to 42 years and six months because he confessed to the charges.
His jail term was further reduced because the law carries a maximum penalty of 20 years.

After the verdict was delivered, Sondhi went to the court basement, waiting to apply for bail.

People’s Alliance for Democracy co-leader Sondhi Limthongkul (Photo by Surapol Promsaka Na Sakolnakorn)

PM-Prem meeting ‘acceptable’…Prem,the REAL King

 Bangkokpost, 27 April 2012

There was nothing wrong with the meeting between the prime minister and Privy Council chairman Prem Tinsulanonda, a prominent northern red-shirt activist said on Friday.

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (left) talks with Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda,the King Doer, at his residence on April 26, 2012. (Photo GOVERNMENT HOUSE)

Petcharawat Watanapongsirikul, advisory chairman of the Rak Chiang Mai 51 group, was responding to criticism of Thursday’s event involving Yingluck Shinawatra by some factions in the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship.
Ms Yingluck and three of her deputies went to Gen Prem’s Si Sao Thewes residence in Bangkok on Thursday afternoon for a traditional Songkran rod nam dam hua blessing.
Mr Petcharawat said Ms Yingluck and the governing Pheu Thai Party must fulfill their promises made during the election campaign: to amend the 2007 charter, to create national reconciliation, to bring fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra home; and to implement their populist policies for the people.
Some red-shirts did not understand that the government and Pheu Thai must adapt to current conditions and also must abide by the demands of the majority of Thai people, he added.
Red-shirt critics of Ms Yingluck believe her government is becoming too friendly with elements that they blame for the coup that ousted her brother in 2006. They also feel she is not taking a sufficiently hard line on dealing with those responsible for the bloody end to the May 2010 red-shirt protests, in which 91 people died.
Promoting reconciliation is not about whitewashing the wrongs in connection with the 91 deaths, said Mr Petcharawat. It was aimed at healing and providing financial assistance for the victims of political violence.
Offenders must be held responsible for any wrongs they committed and must be punished, he added.
“The red-shirts should not rally against Gen Prem because the meeting between Ms Yingluck and the statesman and bringing about national reconciliation are different matters,” he said.
The red-shirts should stand firm on their stance to protect democracy and to act as guards to prevent powers from outside the system getting involved in politics. Politics is a matter for political parties, he added.
For example, Mr Petcharawat said, the red-shirts should not interfere with the coming byelection in Chiang Mai’s Constituency 3, to replace the disqualified MP Chinnitcha Wongsawat, daughter of former prime minister Somchai Wongsawat, who is married to the premier’s older sister.
It is the prerogative of the Pheu Thai Party to select a suitable candidate to run in the byelection and the red-shirts must respect the party’s decision.
Ms Yingluck insisted on Friday that she merely offered Gem Prem a Songkran blessing and that the meeting was non-political.
It is a Thai tradition that younger people should approach the more senior ones to ask for blessing during the Thai New Year festival, she said.
Asked about her 30-minute discussion with Gen Prem, Ms Yingluck said there was no discussion of politics because Gen Prem has never got involved in it.
The issues raised included ways to work to better help people in far South and other development projects on which Gen Prem had years of experience, she said.
Asked whether she had apologised to Gen Prem on behalf of her elder brother, Ms Yingluck did not answer.
Pheu Thai spokesman Prompong Nopparit on Friday said members of the public felt “sabai jai” (comfortable) with the meeting between the Yingluck cabinet members and Gen Prem.
Mr Prompong said people had expressed their views toward the meeting through the party, saying they felt at ease that the premier and her colleagues performed a traditional blessing for a “respected adult” without having any political agenda.
Mr Prompong said the meeting should not be used for any political purposes. He also claimed most supporters of the UDD were satisfied with the way Thursday’s event was conducted.

(Kim Trang) Ieng Sary’s defence puts Pang’s role in spoitlight

By Kristin Lynch, the Phnom Penh Post 27 April 2012

For three hours yesterday at the Khmer Rouge tribunal, Ieng Sary de­fence counsel Michael Karnavas meticulously dissected more than three days’ worth of testimony by Saloth Ban, attempting to prove that Pol Pot’s nephew was speculating and consequently deal a blow to the strength of his testimony.

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Former Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary attends his trial at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.

Earlier in the week, Saloth Ban, the former secretary-general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, testified that Ieng Sary, the ministry’s deputy prime minister, was the “real boss” and held “complete responsibility”, but yesterday, Karnavas attempted to disprove such claims, focusing on the role that Chhim Sam Aok, alias Pang, played in the regime.
Pang was the chairman of government office S-71, one of the two highest-level offices within the regime.
Saloth Ban’s responses to Karnavas’ interrogation painted a picture of a leader with “influence in every ministry”, who reported to no one and “could take people away as he pleased”.
Many Ministry of Foreign Affairs personnel, Saloth Ban said, were removed by Pang or his “people” and taken to re-education centres or the notorious S-21 prison, with what seemed like little oversight or challenge.
“Ieng Sary told me that when Pang arrived, I was to do whatever Pang needed”, Saloth Ban testified.
“Did Pang ever explain to you on whose authorisation he was requesting these people to be transferred out of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?” Karnavas asked.
“No, he didn’t explain to me, and I did not ask him,” Saloth Ban replied.
Through a repetitive line of questioning, Karnavas attempted to demonstrate that Saloth Ban had limited first-hand knowledge about the inner workings of the regime and its decision-making process and had been making statements about such matters based on personal conclusion.
Earlier in the week, Saloth Ban had said that Pol Pot never acted alone when making decisions.

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To contac the reporter on this story: Kristin Lynch at kristin.lynch@phnompenhpost.com

Chut Wutty’s wife says he was target(ed) for murder

the Phnom Penh Post,27 April 2012

The wife of slain environmental activist Chut Wutty today rejected early police accounts of the circumstances around his shooting death, saying she believed he had been targeted for death for his work in protecting Cambodia’s endangered forests.

Chut Wutty at the Phnom Penh Post main office earlier this year. Photo by Hong Menea

Speaking to the Post by phone, 40-year-old Sam Chanthy, said that her husband had been at the exact site of his death in Koh Kong province little more than a month ago, where he had been in conflict with military police officers as he attempted to examine a cache of illegally logged timber.
“I think there were third persons involved with my husband’s killing. They prepared a plot to kill him because his work was affecting their interests.
“Those people were not happy with my husband and his work …so they planned to kill him when he went there again,” she said, referring to Veal Bei Point in Mondul Seima district’s Bak Khlang commune.
In Kong Chit, Koh Kong-based coordinator for rights group Licahdo, said that according to a copy of the police report he had seen, military police officer In Rattana shot Chut Wutty, then committed suicide by shooting himself twice with his own AK-47 rifle, first in the stomach and then the chest.
“I think this report is unbelievable. We will continue to investigate and research about it,” he said.
According to the report, when Chut Wutty attempted to drive away after refusing to turn over his camera’s memory card, In Rattana fired a single bullet, which entered the activist’s body at the knee and traveled upward into his stomach, killing him instantly.
While police say a gun was found in Chut Wutty’s possession, there was no indication it had been fired.
Thong Narong, commander of the Koh Kong provincial military police, refused to divulge details of the emerging police narrative of events, but confirmed to the Post that a medical examination had revealed a single AK-47 bullet had struck Chut Wutty in the knee, while In Rattana was wounded in the stomach and chest.
Two Cambodia Daily journalists who had accompanied Chut Wutty on the trip, Phorn Bopha and Olesia Plokhii, were released this morning following police questioning, he added.
Speaking to the Post, Phorn Bopha said that she and her colleague had been released at 9:30 a.m.
“I am safe and was not wounded,” she said by telephone. “We now are traveling back to Phnom Penh.”
Chut Wutty’s family, meanwhile, claimed his body in Koh Kong today and said that it will arrive at his birthplace – Svay Meash village, in Ksach Kandal district’s Vihear Sour commune – at about 7:30 this evening.
“I am still in shock that my husband was killed. His death is a big loss in my family and also the loss of a valuable and great person in Cambodia,” Sam Chanthy said.   “To find truth and justice for my husband, I would like to ask the concerned authorities and human rights groups…especially Prime Minister Hun Sen, to take action and arrest the persons who were involved or behind my husband’s killing.”
A funeral service is planned for Sunday.

Russia hosts China’s ‘premier-in-waiting’

AFP,27 April 2012

China’s Vice Premier Li Keqiang

Russian strongman Vladimir Putin and outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev were set Friday to host a top Chinese official who is tipped to become premier amid transitions of power in both countries.

Putin, who will return to the Kremlin for a historic third term on May 7, and Medvedev, set to become premier in a job swap with his mentor, will host Vice Prime Minister Li Keqiang for political and economic talks, officials said.

“Political changes in China and Russia do not have any effect whatsoever on bilateral ties,” Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told AFP. He declined to go into specifics of the upcoming talks.

Russia, the world’s largest energy producer, and China, the world’s largest energy consumer, set much store by their bilateral ties.

Putin has paid frequent visits to China in his capacity as president and prime minister since he took power in 1999.

His first trip abroad since he announced his Kremlin comeback was to China last October.

Putin’s next China visit is set for June, one of his first foreign trips upon reclaiming his old presidential job, the Russian foreign ministry said on Thursday.

“During the talks the sides are planning to exchange opinions on the pressing issues of the Russian-Chinese strategic partnership,” the Kremlin said in a statement, using the phrase it reserves for close friends and allies.

The Kommersant broadsheet reported in February that Putin had earlier refused to host Li due to his busy agenda ahead of parliamentary and presidential polls, putting a strain on bilateral ties.

The newspaper, citing sources in the Russian-Chinese inter-governmental commission, the Russian foreign ministry and the government, said Li had wanted to visit Russia in February ahead of his expected replacement of Prime Minister Wen Jiabao.

The newspaper said Li was forced to postpone the visit when the Russian government indicated that Putin would not be available to host him due to his busy agenda.

Putin’s spokesman Peskov declined to confirm the report on Friday.

A new generation of leaders must take over the reins of power in China within a year.

President Hu Jintao will end his second five-year term as party head this year, while Li is expected to take over from Wen, who will resign in 2013.

Khmer- Siam interior ministers agree to boost cooperation along border

PHNOM PENH, April 27 (Xinhua) — Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng and his Thai counterpart Yongyuth Wichaidit on Friday afternoon signed a minute, agreeing to intensify bilateral cooperation in all fields for the interests of respective countries and peoples.

The signing ceremony was made after the two ministers co- chaired the fourth meeting of governors of Cambodian and Thai border provinces, which was attended by governors of eight Cambodian border provinces and seven Thai border province chiefs.

According to the signed minute, the two ministers expressed their sincere desires to further strengthen the previous close cooperation and friendly relations, saying that the visit of Yongyuth Wichaidit in Cambodia marked a new phase in strengthening the close and warm relationship between the two nations.

It added that both sides also expressed their firm commitments for the effective management of border crossing and agreed to promote cooperation for the prevention and suppression of all illegal activities along the border areas, especially related to transnational crimes including terrorism, drugs trafficking, human trafficking, act of piracy, smuggling of antiques and illegal weapons, money laundering, international and regional economic crimes and cyber crimes.

In order to promote the quality of life of the people living along the border area of both countries, and to boost the bilateral trade volume, the meeting agreed to facilitate the exchange of goods and agricultural products of the people along the border areas through considering the establishment of new market at appropriate border areas of each country.

The two sides also agreed to address the issue of illegal crossing of border with mutual understanding in accordance with the internationally recognized principles and practice and each country’s law and regulations.

“Our focus of cooperation is on border security, border crossing, and trade for the better living for both sides’ peoples along the border,” Sar Kheng told reporters after the meeting. “I hope that the meeting will bring progress in the bilateral relations.”

The two ministers agreed that the next meeting will be held in Thailand in 2013.

Khmer, Siamese governors of border provinces meet to improve ties

PHNOM PENH, April 27 (Xinhua) — The fourth meeting of governors of Cambodian and Thai border provinces kicked off here on Friday in a bid to improve bilateral relations and cooperation between the governments and peoples along the border.

The one-day meeting was co-chaired by Cambodia’s Interior Minister Sar Kheng and his Thai counterpart Yongyuth Wichaidit, and was attended by seven border governors from each side.

“The meeting is very important to enhance bilateral relations and cooperation between the two countries’ border provincial authorities towards setting up a border of peace and development in all fields,” Sar Kheng said in his opening remarks. “It will help better the contact between the two sides in terms of both border authorities and peoples.”

The minister added that the meeting would focus on facilitating the cross-border trade and peoples, and strengthen measures to prevent and suppress all types of cross-border crimes and offences.

Border governors from both countries would also discuss ways to accelerate the cooperation on economics, society, health, education, cultural exchange, tourism and sports, Sar said.

At the end of the meeting, there will be a signing ceremony on the meeting minute for continual cooperation for border provinces.

The third meeting of governors of Cambodian and Thai border provinces was held in Phuket, Thailand in July 2006.