Thailand and Cambodia will step up road construction, and open more checkpoints along their common borders, Thai News Agency reported on Wednesday.

The resolution was made during the 8th Thai-Cambodian Joint Commission, held in Bangkok on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul and his Cambodian counterpart Hor Namhong attended the two-day meeting.

Sihasak Puangketkaew, permanent secretary for the Thai Foreign Ministry, said that among the essential issues discussed were the opening of permanent checkpoints at Sa Kaeo province's border linking Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province, development of Route 48 from Thailand's western Trat province to Cambodia's Sihanoukville province, and a railway extension from the Aranyaprathet checkpoint on Thailand's eastern border into Cambodia.

Moreover, the Thai and Cambodian representatives agreed on joint suppression of human trafficking and illegal logging of rosewood on the border, he said.

Foreign Minister Surapong hosted a dinner in honour of Hor Namhong on Tuesday night.