Trade worth 15 to 20 million baht a day is being
lost due to the closure of the Chong Chom border checkpoint in Kab
Choeng district of Surin because of the renewed fighting on the border
with Cambodia, a local business leader said on Monday.
A large quantity of
good, particularly fuel, was held up on the Thai side of the border
unable to cross to its usual destination in O-Samet in Cambodia’s Oddar
Meanchey province, said Nanthawat Kijsakulpaisarn, secretary-general of
Surin Chamber of Commerce.
Cross-border trade at this checkpoint
was worth some 800 million baht annually. The closure was
costing between 15 and 20 million baht a day in lost revenues, he said.
He called on the Thai and Cambodian governments to urgently hold talks to end the conflict.
The border crossing has been closed since Friday.
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