Sa kaeo: Thai and Cambodian border officials have reached an agreement on two out of three key steps for surveying and installing temporary boundary markers after a seven-hour joint meeting in Sa Kaeo province on Tuesday. The focus of the discussions was the disputed area between Border Posts 42 and 47, near the villages of Ban Nong Ya Kaew and Ban Nong Chan.
According to Thai News Agency, the talks resulted in a consensus on conducting drone aerial surveys of the disputed area, followed by the installation of temporary markers in the claimed territory. However, the meeting did not resolve the third core issue of conducting a joint land survey. The Thai delegation did not agree to the Cambodian demand for measurements inside Thai territory.
Colonel Kriangkrai Boontoem, head of the Thai military’s working team, indicated that the process for placing temporary markers could begin as early as tomorrow, starting at Border Post 42. When asked about Cambodian participation, Col Kriangkrai commented, “We’ll have to wait and see tomorrow.”