Cross-Border Transport Agreement

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GMS Cross-Border Transport Agreement

The Governments of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the Kingdom of Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, referred to hereinafter as the “Contracting Parties”

Animated by the desire to maintain, further develop, and strengthen their friendly relations and cooperation

Keen to contribute to further the development of their trade relations within the framework of the economic transition in many countries of the subregion

Determined to promote collaboration in road transport

Desirous to facilitate the movement of goods and people between and among the Contracting Parties in their common interest

Recognizing that countries in the region have taken steps bilaterally and multilaterally to engage in cooperative arrangements to facilitate land transport

Emphasizing their commitment to develop and maintain a mutually beneficial, smooth, swift, rational, and efficient system of transport and communication

Recalling the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Resolution 48/11 on Road and Rail Transport Modes in Relation to Facilitation Measures, and the Recommendations of the Third Meeting of the Subregional Transport Forum held in Kunming from 12 to 13 December 1996 under the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Program

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