The 21st meeting between the Vietnamese-Lao border delegations took place in Hanoi on Dec. 24 and 25.
The
Vietnamese delegation was led by Deputy Foreign Minister and Head of
the Vietnam National Border Committee Ho Xuan Son, and the Lao
delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister and Head of the
Laos-Vietnam Border Committee Bounkeut Sangsomsak.
The two sides
agreed that they have coordinated well in the implemention of the
Vietnam-Laos agreement on national border regulations, the minutes of
the previous meeting and other relevant agreements.
The border
situation was stable with social security and order maintained,
facilitating local socio-economic development and consolidating the
traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation
between Vietnam and Laos, they said.
However, they underlined
the need for closer coordination between the two countries’ ministries,
branches and localities in settling existing issues in border
management.
The two sides discussed and reached consensus on
cooperation in cross-border travel management, facilitating border trade
development, settling free migration issues and unregistered marriages
in the border areas.
They committed to speeding up the
implementation of a project to increase and upgrade border landmarks and
create a protocol to recognise the results of border landmark, planting
when completeing the work by 2014.
The two sides agreed to
jointly organise activities to mark the 35th anniversary of the signing
of the Vietnam-Laos national border demarcation agreement./.
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