New committee to oversee talks on overlapping claimed area

Srettha arrived in Cambodia on Thursday and attended a meeting with his Cambodian counterpart, Hun Manet, at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh.

Although the OCA was not on the meeting agenda, which mostly covered trade and economic cooperation, the Cambodian side raised the controversial topic that has been dragging on since 1969, Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, said on Thursday.

PM Srettha promised that Thailand will form a new committee to oversee the OCA negotiations with Cambodia, he added,

Under the previous government, the OCA negotiations were the responsibility of the Thai-Cambodian joint technical committee, the Thai side of which was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan.

Parnpree said the structure of the new committee would undergo an overhaul and include task forces…