Cambodia, Thailand to sign visa exception agreement
Cambodia, Thailand to sign visa exception agreement
16:43, November 17, 2010

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Cambodia and Thailand will sign the long-waited visa exception agreement for ordinary passports on Wednesday evening, said Prime Minister Hun Sen.
"There will be a signing ceremony by the two countries' foreign affairs ministers on visa exception on ordinary passports this evening after the bilateral meeting between Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and I," said Hun Sen at a press conference after the conclusion of the 6th CLV (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam), 5th CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam) and 4th ACMECS (Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy) Summit.
"It is a new progressive step in the relations between the two countries that allow people of the two countries travel freely without visa fees," he said.
The premier said THAT in the bilateral talk with Abhisit on Wednesday afternoon, the topic will be focused on strengthening cooperation, narrowing conflicts and expanding solutions.
So far, Cambodia has visa-exception agreements with seven countries in ASEAN, except Thailand, Myanmar and Brunei.
ASEAN makes up of ten countries including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Source: Xinhua
"There will be a signing ceremony by the two countries' foreign affairs ministers on visa exception on ordinary passports this evening after the bilateral meeting between Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and I," said Hun Sen at a press conference after the conclusion of the 6th CLV (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam), 5th CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam) and 4th ACMECS (Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy) Summit.
"It is a new progressive step in the relations between the two countries that allow people of the two countries travel freely without visa fees," he said.
The premier said THAT in the bilateral talk with Abhisit on Wednesday afternoon, the topic will be focused on strengthening cooperation, narrowing conflicts and expanding solutions.
So far, Cambodia has visa-exception agreements with seven countries in ASEAN, except Thailand, Myanmar and Brunei.
ASEAN makes up of ten countries including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Source: Xinhua
(Editor:张茜)

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