“MoU 44” should be basis for talks to resolve Thai-Cambodia overlaps

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The House Foreign Affairs Committee has urged the government to stick to the memorandum of understanding, signed in 2001 between Thailand and Cambodia and known as “MoU 44”, as the basis for the forthcoming border talks to settle overlapping areas between the two countries.

The committee chairman, Noppadon Patama, repudiated a news report that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra had discussed the overlapping areas with former Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen during their recent encounter at Thaksin’s home.

Today, the committee invited representatives of the Energy Ministry, the National Security Council, the Army Survey Department, the Foreign Ministry and PTT Exploration Public Company to a discussion on the overlapping areas in the Gulf of Thailand.

According to the Foreign Ministry, the areas and joint development of the areas are…