Thailand PM vows to form JTC to hold talks with Cambodia

Thailand Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra stressed the need for the speedy setting up of the Joint Technical Committee (JTC), in order to start negotiating joint development of the overlapping claim area in the Gulf, within the framework of MoU 44 between Thailand and Cambodia.

The setting up of the JTC could be implemented after she returns from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in Peru on November 18. The prime minister said that MoU 44 is not the decider on territorial claims by Thailand and Cambodia, but the two countries need to talk to settle their differences. She added that the talks on the joint development of the overlapping area can wait until other related issues are resolved through the JTC.