A bird’s eye view of construction at the Stung Bot-Ban Nong Ian border gate with Thailand on June 30. FRESH NEWS
Cambodia’s requests to increase capacity at the Stung Bot-Ban Nong Ian international border checkpoint with Thailand – around 9km southeast of the main Poipet gate – during its preliminary phase continue to be declined by the Thai side, according to a senior public works official.
Thailand insists that construction of the primary facilities on its side of the checkpoint in Sa Kaeo province – linking to Cambodia’s Poipet town in Banteay Meanchey province – must be 100 per cent completed before granting the green light, Ministry of Public Works and Transport spokesman Vasim Sorya told The Post on March 13.
Such requests have been made by all of the public works, foreign and commerce ministries as well as the Banteay Meanchey Provincial Administration, even though…
