By Nantida Puangthong/Marisa Chimprabha
The Nation (Thailand)
Thailand's concerns about unsettled border issues, which resulted in Unesco's decision to delay Cambodia's request to list the Phreah Vihear shrine as World Heritage site, will not affect Thailand-Cambodia relations, said Thai Ambassador to Cambodia Viraphand Vacharathit.
Cambodia understood the Thai position that there were still certain unsettled issues including border demarcation, he said.
Unesco's World Heritage committee delayed until next year a decision to put the shrine on the World Heritage list. The decision came after Thailand argued that the Thai-Cambodian border has yet to be demarcated and a joint management plan for the area is still being discussed.
The Thai envoy said Cambodia is well aware that its request was not rejected but only delayed until next year's meeting, While some local Cambodian media wanted to instigate publicity, the majority of the Khmer people including the government understood the matter.
The ambassador reiterated that the Unesco panel based its decision on the basis that it needed more information and related documents concerning Cambodia's request about Preah Vihear.
The panel asked Cambodia to resubmit its request in February next year.
Meanwhile a senior Thai army officer said the Thai army has closed the entrance to Phreah Vihear, close to Si Sa Ket province, after refusing to abide by a Cambodian order not to wear uniforms when they visit the venue.
The Cambodian side claimed that seeing the Thai military in uniform will not be good for tourism in Preah Vihear.
The order came a few days after Unesco's decision regarding the World Heritage site listing.
Preah Vihear is technically located in the northernmost tip of Cambodia but is only easily accessible from northeast Thailand
Ownership of Preah Vihear temple was disputed by Thailand and Cambodia and the International Court of Justice awarded it to Cambodia in 1962.
A senior army source said that the Thai army refused to abide by the Cambodian order, leading to conflict and the closing of the entrance to Preah Vihear.
He said this was not the first time that the Cambodian side came up with this kind of order and not the first time that unsettled issues led to the suspension of services to the shrine.
"Every time that there is an unsettled issue between Thailand and Cambodia, it has resulted in a change of orders concerning Preah Viehar," he said.
Cambodia understood the Thai position that there were still certain unsettled issues including border demarcation, he said.
Unesco's World Heritage committee delayed until next year a decision to put the shrine on the World Heritage list. The decision came after Thailand argued that the Thai-Cambodian border has yet to be demarcated and a joint management plan for the area is still being discussed.
The Thai envoy said Cambodia is well aware that its request was not rejected but only delayed until next year's meeting, While some local Cambodian media wanted to instigate publicity, the majority of the Khmer people including the government understood the matter.
The ambassador reiterated that the Unesco panel based its decision on the basis that it needed more information and related documents concerning Cambodia's request about Preah Vihear.
The panel asked Cambodia to resubmit its request in February next year.
Meanwhile a senior Thai army officer said the Thai army has closed the entrance to Phreah Vihear, close to Si Sa Ket province, after refusing to abide by a Cambodian order not to wear uniforms when they visit the venue.
The Cambodian side claimed that seeing the Thai military in uniform will not be good for tourism in Preah Vihear.
The order came a few days after Unesco's decision regarding the World Heritage site listing.
Preah Vihear is technically located in the northernmost tip of Cambodia but is only easily accessible from northeast Thailand
Ownership of Preah Vihear temple was disputed by Thailand and Cambodia and the International Court of Justice awarded it to Cambodia in 1962.
A senior army source said that the Thai army refused to abide by the Cambodian order, leading to conflict and the closing of the entrance to Preah Vihear.
He said this was not the first time that the Cambodian side came up with this kind of order and not the first time that unsettled issues led to the suspension of services to the shrine.
"Every time that there is an unsettled issue between Thailand and Cambodia, it has resulted in a change of orders concerning Preah Viehar," he said.
5 comments:
The fucken Thaicong continue to miss the fucken point! This is not the fucken issue of who know what! This is not the issue about Cambodian and Thaicong joint management of Preah Vihea! This is not the issue about unsettled border demarcation! This is not the issue about Preah Vihea easily accessible from northeast Thailane!
THIS IS THE FUCKEN ISSUE OF CAMBODIAN SOVEREIGNTY OVER
PREAH VIHEA! NOW IF THESE FUCKEN THAICONG ARMIES WANT TO ENTER CAMBODIA IN MILITARY UNIFORM THAT MEANS THESE FUCKEN THAICONG ARMIES WANT TO VIOLATE CAMBODIAN SOVEREIGNTY!!!!!!!!
THE FUCKEN THAICONG LEADERS NEED TO KNOW AND UNDSTAND BY NOW THAT THE ISSUE OF PREAH VIHEA IS NONEGOIATIBLE AND THEY NEED TO FUCK OFF!
There is no word like Thaicong but
there are words Vietcong or Gietcong
used by south vietnamese people
during vietnam war.
In vietnamese, Gietcong means KILL
YOUN COMMUNIST:
- Viet or Giet = KILL
- cong = communist or youn communist
- Youn = old word used by chinese
and asians mean vietnamese(ethnic
people of south china)
Some one just plain stupid!
To 12:42AM and 12:49AM!
Hey fools! If you don't know how to create or coin your own word and I suggest that you need to shut the fuck up! How long had you fools been following Cambodian politic and only found out that Cambodia as a nation continue to victimize by the Thaicong and the Vietcong! As far as I am concerned the fucken Thai and the fucken Viet are no different and they all have the same ambition to control stupid Cambodian people like you!
Why are you getting all offended when I used the word "Thaicong"? Is it because you still have that Thaicong slave mentality? Do still want to talk nice about these fucken Thaicong when they killed, burned, and violated Cambodian sovereignty?
I don't need to conform to your stupid world! I will say the things that I want to say and I will not stand by to take all the fucken blame on Cambodia for being a victim! It is time to erase all the stupidity and the craziness from all Cambodian people like who continue to blame Cambodia for being a victim!
Words are just like people! New words and old words are born and die everyday! I create and give meaning the word "Thaicong" which is only for me to use and you have the choice not to use it if you don't want and why even complain about it!
Don't even try to be my English teacher because yourself ain't a good writer anyway!ahhhahahahhah!
I agree, he can call YOUNCONG, KHMERCONG or KHMERMINH (KHMER VIETMIH) THAICONG or THAIDEANG OR THAIRED . Like whatever cause they all serve the VIET interests. The Viet Commie still live up with their dream of control Indochinese. But let me tell you (YOUN) or all of fellow KHMERs, this is not 50 years ago when HO CHI MINH was alive. When Ah KMOUCH HO CHI MINH lived nobody knows or hear from us with lack of news or they don't even know where Cambodia located. But nowaday it is a big different. It is gonna be hard to swallow Cambodian by force, later on they one step ahead of POL POT and started killing KHMER and blame it on POL POT with a fake trial that set up in PHNOM PENH, they think they get away. But i heard Ah YOUN still panic because alot of KHMER ROUGH or former KHMER ROUGH will speak up or testify against them. I remember on thing when someone asked Khieve Samphan in Paris (Do you know the exact number of people during you era? The YOUN answered 2mil. And Khieve Samphan said why did they know the number of people killed? Why did the YOUN know? This trial will haunt them if HUN SEN brave enough to stand on KHMER side. HUN SEN, come on just sacrafice yourself for the good of our people. It is not too late. And you will be well respected and will be famous in the Cambodian history if you reveal that your master was really behind and continue to be behind any killing of KHMER people. WAKE UP HUN SEN! CHOB SRAVOENG OMNACH!
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