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Bangkok - Thai and Cambodian officials will meet in Paris next week to tackle their ongoing dispute over the registration of Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage Site, media reports said Friday. Thai Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama has confirmed that he will head a delegation to discuss the contentious bilateral issue with Cambodia on May 2-3 at the invitation of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), said the Bangkok Post newspaper.
UNESCO reportedly wants both sides to discuss Cambodia's proposal to register Preah Vihear, an ancient Hindu temple that straddles the Thai-Cambodian border, as a heritage site.
Thailand blocked the Cambodian proposal last year on the grounds that there is an ongoing territorial dispute about parts of the temple compound that were to be included in the World Heritage Site.
Ownership of Preah Vihear has been a contentious issue between Thailand and Cambodia for decades.
The dispute was taken to the International Court of Justice, which ruled on June 15, 1962, that the temple belonged to Cambodia.
Although the temple, perched on a cliff overlooking Cambodia, is now under the management of the Cambodian government, the easiest access to the site for tourists is via Thailand.
It is hoped that the demarcation disagreement will be settled before the next World Heritage committee meeting from July 4 to 12 in Canada.
UNESCO reportedly wants both sides to discuss Cambodia's proposal to register Preah Vihear, an ancient Hindu temple that straddles the Thai-Cambodian border, as a heritage site.
Thailand blocked the Cambodian proposal last year on the grounds that there is an ongoing territorial dispute about parts of the temple compound that were to be included in the World Heritage Site.
Ownership of Preah Vihear has been a contentious issue between Thailand and Cambodia for decades.
The dispute was taken to the International Court of Justice, which ruled on June 15, 1962, that the temple belonged to Cambodia.
Although the temple, perched on a cliff overlooking Cambodia, is now under the management of the Cambodian government, the easiest access to the site for tourists is via Thailand.
It is hoped that the demarcation disagreement will be settled before the next World Heritage committee meeting from July 4 to 12 in Canada.
5 comments:
Thailand should mind its own business. It should stop bullying Cambodia if Thailand does not remain Cambodia's "Brother Enemy = Pheatarak Khmaing".
They must stop meddling Cambodia. It is getting annoying to call a friendly neighbor.
I know they got friends but they must stop meddling with Cambodia. It is getting annoying to call a friendly neighbor. UNESCO is the respect world organization, they should be fair to Cambodia.
work it out once and for all, cambodia. use the old maps from before the KR time or something. i see that cambodia will never be a friend of thailand for sure for the way they kept harrassing cambodia like this. cambodia ought to ban all thais from living, working or visiting in cambodia again as much i hate to say. we ought to built a permanent fence to keep the thais from entering cambodia. who needs them?
Sometimes I see this as an act of constant harassment of the Thai with which they deliberately and continually poke on Khmer nerve. It's an act that provokes anger and hatred. Eventually two armies of old enemies will begin a standoff along the border line. Only God knows how bad it'll get. The Thai has not enough of the Khmer territory they have annexed. They are bullying and being quite arrogent. If a war breaks out the Khmers must make sure to go in and fight till the end. Do not retreat.
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