The verification was held at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh yesterday (September 3rd) in the presence of representatives of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP). Secretary of State and Chairman of the border commission Var Kimhong made it clear that there is no difference between the map of Cambodia published by the Geographical Service of Indochina and the one the Cambodia-Vietnam Joint Committee on Land Border Demarcation and Marker Planting has been using.
French Chargé d’Affaires to Cambodia Alan Fontang handed over a 26-piece map preserved by France to Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong in response to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s request. Hor Namhong declared that it was the official map produced by France in the early 20th century, and thus results of the verification should end all contention regarding border demarcation with Vietnam./.
