Border issues with neighbouring countries resolved peacefully

The Ministry of Interior reported 86 incidents along the Thai, Lao and Vietnamese borders last year. According to Ministry of Interior’s annual report, there were 86 border incidents, 69 with Thailand, 10 with Vietnam and seven with Laos. Cambodian officials have observed the Thai army flying helicopters and drones into Cambodian airspace, also they have closed a border gate and destroyed a bridge at the Cambodian-Thai border.

The Lao army have conducted three military exercises only 15 kilometres from the border. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Vietnam’s military erected 369 tents along the border to curtail illegal crossings, of which 46 tents were erected in an un-demarcated area, however, only six remain.

Interior Ministry’s Secretary-General General Por Pheak said the Cambodian government have a good relations with their neighbours and all these issues have been resolved peacefully and diplomatically to avoid conflict, he added. The Vice-Chairwoman of Cambodia Border Affairs Committee Koy Pisey said yesterday most of the border issue occurred in areas which have not yet been demarcated.

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