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Thai Trade Expo Draws Thousands of Cambodian Visitors Despite Ongoing Border Row

2 May 2013
Xinhuanet News
Economy and commerce / Imports / Trade
Abhisit Vejjajiva / Amparwon Pichalai / Brunei / Diamond Island Exhibition Center / Embassy of Thailand / Holland / Hun Sen / ICJ / International Court of Justice / Jiranan Wongmongkol / Kao Kim Hourn / Mao Thora / Ministry of Commerce / Ministry of Commerce Secretary of State Mao Thora / Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of State Kao Kim Hourn / Netherlands / Pheu Thai Party / Phnom Penh / Preah Vihear / Preah Vihear Province / Preah Vihear Temple / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Surapol Maneepong / Thai baht appreciation / Thai Commerce Ministry's International Trade Promotion Department / Thai Embassy Charg d'Affaires Surapol Maneepong / Thai Embassy's Foreign Trade Promotion Office / Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra / Thailand / Thaksin Shinawatra / The Netherlands / UNESCO / Yingluck Shinawatra

Thousands of Cambodian people visited and bought Thai products on Thursday at a large scale exhibition although simmering border spat between the two countries remains unsolved. “Even though border dispute is still going on, trade and investment ties between Thailand and Cambodia are still good,” Amparwon ...

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-05/02/c_132355223.htm

Officials urge maritime talks be resumed using 2001 MoU

18 September 2012
Bangkok Post
Land / Water resources
2001 memorandum of understanding / Abhisit Vejjajiva / boundaries / Cambodia / maritime / maritime boundaries / MOU / Thai-Cambodian joint boundary sub-committee / Thailand / Vasin Teeravechyan

Legal experts and officials agree that negotiations with Cambodia about overlapping maritime claims should resume under the 2001 memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Thailand. The MoU was revoked by the previous Abhisit Vejjajiva government. Vasin Teeravechyan, head of the Thai-Cambodian joint boundary sub-committee, said many related officials ...

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/312802/officials-urge-maritime-talks-be-resumed-using-2001-mou

Thailand’s Former Official Denies Secret Oil Talks

5 September 2011
The Cambodia Daily
Energy
Abhisit Vejjajiva / Bilateral talks / Cambodian National Petroleum Authority / CAmodia / CNPA / Gulf of Thailand / MCOT / news service / Oil reserves / Overlapping Claims Area / Sok An / Suthep Thaugsuban / Thailand

Thailand’s former Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban has denied Cambodia’s recent claim that he initiated secret bilateral talks over coveted oil reserves in disputed Gulf of Thailand waters, Thai news service MCOT reported Saturday. In a statement last week, the Cambodian National Petroleum Authority said ...

Cambodia, Thailand Will Likely Resume Talks on Offshore Oil and Gas

5 September 2011
The Southeast Asia Weekly
Economy and commerce / Energy / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Land / Off-shore oil and gas exploration and extraction / Oil and gas resources
Abhisit Government / Abhisit Vejjajiva / ASEAN / bilateral cooperation / border issues / Cambodia / Cambodian National Petroleum Authority / Chuan Leekpai Government / Democrat Party / Foreign Minister / Former Democrat Prime Minister / Former Deputy Prime Minister / Former Minister of Defense / Former Thai Deputy Prime Minister / Gas / Gulf of Thailand / Hong Kong / Hun Sen / joint development area / Joint Technical Committee / Kandal Province / Kumming / MOU / Negotiations / offshore drilling / oil / Overlapping Claim Area / overlapping maritime claims / Pravit Wongsuwan / Preah Vihear / prime minister / Royal Government of Cambodia / Royal Thai Government / Surapong / Surapong Tovichakchaikul / Suthep Thaugsuban / Thai Foreign Minister / Thailand / The Bangkok Post / The Nation / Yingluck / Yingluck Government

Cambodia’s and Thailand’s governments will likely resume negotiations on offshore drilling for oil and gas which will bring mutual benefits of the area of overlapping maritime claims after Cambodia gave the green light for issues before the visit of new Thai foreign minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul ...

http://thesoutheastasiaweekly.com/

Oil dispute flares up

Secret meetings between high-ranking Thai and Cambodian officials to solve the demarcation of disputed offshore petroleum resources took place during the administration of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, the Cambodian National Petroleum Authority revealed yesterday. In a statement some commentators described as “coordinated attack” by ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011083151353/Business/oil-dispute-flares-up.html

Cambodia Welcomes Thai Talks Over Waters

31 August 2011
The Cambodia Daily
Energy
Abhisit Vejjajiva / Cambodia / Dispute / Gas / Gulf of Thailand / Kasit Piromya / oil / Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra / Sompong Sanguanbun / Suthep Thaugsuban / Thailand

Cambodia’s petroleum authority yesterday announced that it would like to renew discussion with Thailand in order to find a solution over disputed waters in the Gulf of Thailand widely believed to hold large quantities of oil and gas. Negotiations over how to split revenue from ...