Laos & Thailand Agree Service Station Development

At the recent Asean gathering in Vietnam, a numbe rof key meetigns took place on teh sidelines whcih included Thailand and Laos agreeing to the development of service stations on the main routes between teh two countries.

Photo (courtesy of Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs) :  14 January 2010, during the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat in Danang, Vietnam, Thailand Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya held bilateral meeting Laos PDR Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith to discuss bilateral cooperation.

It was agreed that more petrol stations, highway rest areas and other amenities should also be constructed along the route to promote more usage, especially by tourists.

Laos is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia and the thickly forested landscape consists mostly of rugged mountains with some plains and plateaus. The Mekong River forms a large part of the western boundary with Thailand, whereas the mountains of the Annamite Chain form most of the eastern border with Vietnam.

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