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PHNOM PENH, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian deputy Prime Minister and foreign minister Hor Namhong left here on Tuesday morning for Bangkok for a bilateral meeting with his Thai counterpart Surapong Tovichakchaikul.

The two foreign ministers will attend the 8th Meeting of the Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation to promote bilateral relations and cooperation in all fields.

"The meeting will discuss a wide range of issues of mutual interests with a view to further enhancing the existing good neighborly relations and cooperation between the two countries," said a press release from Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

At the end of the meeting, both sides will adopt the record of discussion, the press release said.

During a two-day stay in Thailand, Hor Namhong will also pay a courtesy call on Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, it said.

The two countries have had sporadic border conflicts over territorial dispute near Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple since the UNESCO listed the temple as a World Heritage Site on July 7, 2008, but Thailand claims the ownership of 4.6 square kilometers of scrub next to the temple.

Fierce clashes between the two sides' troops happened in February and April 2011 during Thailand's Democrat Party rule.

However, the two neighbors have seen improving ties since August last year when the former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's Pheu Thai Party won the general election and led the current government.