Arkhom Termpittayapaisith claimed the bilateral treaty would allow an increase in the current quota of vehicles registered to operate cross-border services. At present, the quota permits the registration of 40 new vehicles a year.
Another unnamed Transport Ministry official says Thailand is looking at raising the quota so that the two nations are able to register 500 new buses and lorries, but staggered over the next three years. The original vehicle registration quotas were established under the auspices of the Greater Mekong Sub-region organisation.
The border crossings trucks and lorries travelling between the two nations can use is also restricted to the Aranyaprathet-Poipet checkpoint and the less busy one at Hat Lek-Koh Kong. Mr Termpittayapaisith said the two-day meeting will begin on 5 June and will try and make the original agreement more flexible in regard to the crossings used and the number of international bus routes permitted.
Thailand and Cambodia to increase cross border buses
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Thailand and Cambodia are set to discuss measures that will see the number of vehicles licensed to cross their common borders increased. Late last week, a Thai Transport Ministry spokesperson stated the transport-ministers of the two Southeast Asian neighbours had scheduled a meeting for next month to work out the finer details of the agreement.