{"asset":"news","key":"3353","locale":"en","id":"news:3353:en","entityId":"news:3353","canonicalUrl":"https://www.kps-tv.com/en/news/detail/3353","state":"ready","title":"Hun Manet clarifies three points on temporary border-marker work in Banteay Meanchey and Battambang","summary":"Hun Manet clarified three points on temporary border surveying and marker installation in Banteay Meanchey and Battambang in response to public concerns.","body":"Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has addressed public concerns and social-media discussion about surveying and installing temporary border markers between markers 42–47 in Banteay Meanchey province and 52–59 in Battambang province.\nThe clarification, published on official social media on November 25, 2025, set out three main points:\n1. Surveying and locating border markers is not new work. Hun Manet said it continues cooperation between the two countries’ technical teams over nearly 20 years. The joint Cambodian–Thai survey team began work in 2006 to locate the 74 concrete markers installed in 1919–1920. In the areas of markers 42–47 and 52–59, the teams are still locating the markers and have not yet carried out demarcation on the ground. The ongoing work follows the 2000 MOU, the 2003 terms of reference, previous Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) discussions and technical instructions agreed by both sides.\n2. Border work rests on legal documents and international law. Hun Manet said surveying and installing markers relies on valid documents inherited from the French protectorate, especially the marker records (Procès Verbaux) of the 1908–1909 Indochina–Siam boundary commission and the 1919–1920 Indochina–Siam border-marker commission. Cambodia’s government maintains a professional and responsible approach to protecting sovereignty and territorial integrity under international law and the principle of the inviolability of borders.\n3. Installing border markers does not mean Cambodia is losing land. Addressing concerns about land being lost or gained after surveying, Hun Manet said the aim is not to calculate gains or losses but to establish a clear, accurate boundary consistent with legal documents and international law. Cambodia neither encroaches on its neighbours’ territory nor permits encroachment on its own. Surveying is a peaceful way to resolve disputes and improve the safety and well-being of border residents.\nAfter surveying is completed, the joint teams will examine actual land occupation by residents on both sides, compare it with the temporary markers and discuss a mutually acceptable solution based on respect for each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.\nBy KPS99TV","contentScope":"full","proof":{"publishedSourceRevision":"1","publishedWorkingVersionId":"16557","languageVersionId":"14222","visibilityVersion":"2","versionToken":"a1.r2e-LGv3wbJP-OA017ng5M4RtpgSQ8-q2dSab0YK9ps"},"availableLocales":["zh","en","km"],"attributes":{"sourceLocale":"km","translationKind":"machine","nodeId":"12","authorText":"","sourceName":"KPS99TV"},"references":[],"links":[],"publishedAt":"2025-11-25T04:41:31Z"}