BANGKOK, Aug 11 – Thai Defence Minister Yutthasak Sasiprapa on Thursday said Thailand has agreed to convene a meeting of the General Border Committee by late August at the request of his Cambodian counterpart.

Speaking to reporters before attending the first cabinet meeting at Government House, retired Gen Yutthasak said the Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tea Banh sent a letter inviting him to pay an official visit to Cambodia. An hour later, his Cambodian counterpart telephoned asking him to hold a GBC meeting to resolve the border dispute.

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