3rd joint Thai-Cambodian Cabinet meeting set Sept 8

BANGKOK, September 7 (TNA) - Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-ocha is scheduled to lead his Cabinet members to visit Cambodia on September 8 for the Third Joint Thai-Cambodian Cabinet Retreat in Phnom Penh. Accompanied by his wife and his Cabinet members, the Thai prime minister will fly from Bangkok to the Cambodian capital on Friday morning at the invitation of his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen. Deputy Government Spokesman Lieutenant General Werachon Sukondhapatipak told journalists that upon his arrival in Phnom Penh, the prime minister will first have his bilateral meeting with his Cambodian counterpart, followed by the 3rd Thai-Cambodian informal Cabinet meeting. According to the deputy spokesman, the agenda of Friday's Joint Thai-Cambodian Cabinet Retreat include issues on bilateral ties and cooperation between Bangkok and Phnom Penh in all areas, covering border trade, joint agricultural programs and migrant workers, as well as other economic and socio-cultural cooperation. The deputy spokesman said that Friday's discussions are the follow-up to those raised at the 2nd Joint Thai-Cambodian Cabinet Retreat, held in 2015. The deputy spokesman revealed that two documents will be signed by both the Thai and the Cambodian governments after the 3rd Joint Thai-Cambodian Cabinet Retreat, including a joint communique in the wake of the fresh Thai-Cambodian Cabinet meeting and a bilateral agreement on the avoidance of the double taxation for mutual benefits. The deputy spokesman stated that after the 3rd Joint Thai-Cambodian Cabinet Retreat, the Thai prime minister will pay a courtesy call on the President of the Cambodian Senate Samdech Vibol Sena Pheakdey Say Chhum, on behalf of Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni, and will lead his entourage to attend a luncheon, hosted by the Cambodian government, before returning to Bangkok on Friday evening. (TNA)