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Boonsarng to lead delegation
Supreme Commander General Boonsarng Niumpradit will on Monday take Thai delegates to an urgent meeting of the General Border Committee in Sa Kaew in the hope of defusing the provocative border confrontation with Cambodia.
Thai and Cambodian forces stationed across the border were reportedly "pointing guns" at each other.
In a bid to prevent further escalation, Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, who is also defence minister, yesterday appointed Boonsarng his representative in talks with his Cambodian counterpart.
Some 300 construction workers near the border returned to Thailand due to the conflict over the Preah Vihear Temple.
Lt-General Niphat Thonglek, chief of the Army's Border Affairs Department, said a decision on withdrawing troops from the border area would be made after pending issues were discussed at the border meeting.
"We'll meet on the basis of good bilateral relations and understanding," he said.
Boonsarng and his Cambodian counterpart, Defence Minister Tea Banh, know each other well, so Boonsarng's taking the place of Samak does not mean a downgrade, he said.
Suraphol Puanayakan, secretary-general of the National Security Council, said the two countries would use peaceful means to solve their problems.
Military sources said the standoff across the border was verging on a "shoot-out".
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sun wrote to Samak asking for some 400 Thai troops to be withdrawn from the area.
Cambodia has dispatched some 2,000 troops to strategic spots along the border, citing the need to beef up security for tourists, residents and traders. Their presence caused a drastic drop in cross-border trade.
The dispute revolves around the registration of Cambodia's Hindu temple as a World Heritage Site amid angry protests from some Thais who blame the government for failing to oppose Cambodia's listing application.
The People's Alliance for Democracy dispatched members to the temple to express disagreement with the World Heritage designation on the grounds that Thailand should have had the right to associate itself with the application.
Three PAD members stormed into the temple on Tuesday. Many protesters clashed with residents of Si Sa Ket's Kantaralak district, where the temple entrance is located, who had grown frustrated with the tense situation and loss of income after the temple was closed to tourists for several weeks after the protest began.
The 11th-century temple of Preah Vihear was ruled by the International Court of Justice in 1962 as belonging to Cambodia.
Supreme Commander General Boonsarng Niumpradit will on Monday take Thai delegates to an urgent meeting of the General Border Committee in Sa Kaew in the hope of defusing the provocative border confrontation with Cambodia.
Thai and Cambodian forces stationed across the border were reportedly "pointing guns" at each other.
In a bid to prevent further escalation, Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, who is also defence minister, yesterday appointed Boonsarng his representative in talks with his Cambodian counterpart.
Some 300 construction workers near the border returned to Thailand due to the conflict over the Preah Vihear Temple.
Lt-General Niphat Thonglek, chief of the Army's Border Affairs Department, said a decision on withdrawing troops from the border area would be made after pending issues were discussed at the border meeting.
"We'll meet on the basis of good bilateral relations and understanding," he said.
Boonsarng and his Cambodian counterpart, Defence Minister Tea Banh, know each other well, so Boonsarng's taking the place of Samak does not mean a downgrade, he said.
Suraphol Puanayakan, secretary-general of the National Security Council, said the two countries would use peaceful means to solve their problems.
Military sources said the standoff across the border was verging on a "shoot-out".
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sun wrote to Samak asking for some 400 Thai troops to be withdrawn from the area.
Cambodia has dispatched some 2,000 troops to strategic spots along the border, citing the need to beef up security for tourists, residents and traders. Their presence caused a drastic drop in cross-border trade.
The dispute revolves around the registration of Cambodia's Hindu temple as a World Heritage Site amid angry protests from some Thais who blame the government for failing to oppose Cambodia's listing application.
The People's Alliance for Democracy dispatched members to the temple to express disagreement with the World Heritage designation on the grounds that Thailand should have had the right to associate itself with the application.
Three PAD members stormed into the temple on Tuesday. Many protesters clashed with residents of Si Sa Ket's Kantaralak district, where the temple entrance is located, who had grown frustrated with the tense situation and loss of income after the temple was closed to tourists for several weeks after the protest began.
The 11th-century temple of Preah Vihear was ruled by the International Court of Justice in 1962 as belonging to Cambodia.
8 comments:
It is all started when the Thaicong government allowed their three undercover Thaicong civilian protesters to cross Cambodian border illegally and the three Thaicong civilians were detained by Cambodian authorities for breaking Cambodian law! The Thaicong government used the detention of the three Thaicong civilian protesters for breaking Cambodian law as an excuse to come into Cambodian territory to rescue them! The issue of Thaicong civilian protesters illegal crossing into Cambodia can be solved through diplomatic channel especially through the Thaicong embassy in Cambodia and why the fuck Thaicong military need to rescue Thaicong civilians who are break Cambodian law? Is this a fucken Thaicong hostage crisis on Cambodian soil? Of course not! So now as the Thaicong military personnel pour into Cambodian territory, the Thaicong government twisted the whole story 360 degree and now the whole story is about protecting Thaicong territory and sovereignty and it is no longer about rescuing the three Thaicong protesters who are breaking Cambodian law! The Thaicong government is blaming everything on Cambodia for violating Thaicong territory and Thaicong sovereignty! The Thaicong even blame Cambodian authorities for the troop build up! When did this happen about Cambodian military going to into Thailame to violate their territory and sovereignty? I want to know!
To make the matter worst, the stupid Cambodian authorities condoned the Thaicong aggression since day one by arguing for the Thaicong aggressor that the Thaicong aggrssor were using a different map which led to the confusion and that the local authorities can solve the matter themselves! So tell me what map does the stupid Cambodian authorities are using? Are they using the Thaicong map or International Map or the World Map? By saying the Thaicong were using a different map, the stupid Cambodian authorities had accepted military defeat because they allowed the Thaicong aggressor to use their map (not international map) to violate Cambodian territory and sovereignty at free will! And now the stupid Cambodian authorities are asking the Thaicong government to withdraw their troop from Cambodia? ahhahha It won’t be long the Thaicong military will use their Thaicong map to claim Angkor Wat and what can the stupid and incompetent Cambodian authorities do now? Oh well! The stupid Cambodian authorities can always say that is the confusion and the wrong map again! Ahhahahhahahhahahhah!
I never thought Cambodian authorities can be so stupid and incompetent! If anything needs to be done in solving the Thaicong civilian illegal border crossing and it would have been done on the very first day! It doesn't matter whether it is Thaicong civilians or Thaicong military personnel and they all must be stopped at the border crossing from entering Cambodia! And to allow the Thaicong military personnel to enter Cambodia in the hundred and heavily arm as if they are walking for a picnic and to have Cambodian soldiers sleep among as if they are brother and sister is unspeakable! It is a fucken joke to have stupid Cambodian authorities repeatedly warned Cambodian soldiers not to fire or start anything first unless the Thaicong fire on them first! As far as I am concerned the Thaicong military doesn't need to fire a single because they have successfully occupied Cambodian land and break Cambodian sovereignty already! Now it is too late for stupid Cambodian authorities to do anything and the Thaicong military is occupying Cambodian land and they are here to stay!
It is painful to be stupid and yes the Cambodian authorities are one motherfucker and they are feeling the pain right now because they can’t make the Thaicong government to withdraw their troop from Cambodia and all of them deserve to be executed at noon!
By the way, the Thaicong are creating the fucken problem in the first place and they are blaming the stupid Cambodian authorities for the problem! It is time to let the bullets fly and make the blood flow and I want to see death bodies because there is a price to be paid for violating Cambodian sovereignty!
Thai may have supperior weapons! but their soldiers look Fat and old!
Why Cambodia government need new map?
Country map should never be changed because it shown
the country borderline and International recognized.
Hun Sen he needs to understand that. Anything that
he touch it turn to the big messes.
You are wrong, 2:24, Thai will never start trouble. Only the monkeys in Cambodia has been doing that since day1. This time they called Khmer People in Issan Chinese so that they can steal their land and temple from them. Unfortunately, that is not good enough, better go back to your drawing board and try some other tactic.
To 4:13AM
Prove me wrong you stupid Thaicong motherfucker!
I certainly don't see Cambodian troop moving into Thaicong territory but I do see the Thaicong is moving their troop into Cambodian territory!
All you Thaicong bitches and bastards need to fuck out of Cambodia now!
ask them why thailand lost the icj verdict in 1962? only talk to them about the icj verdict and the 1907 treaty because nothing else is matter. thailand need to respect the international ruling, whether they agree or not, it is not up to them to decide with cambodia. they need to deal with the UN and let icj explain to them. as for cambodia, we don't even have to do anything as we know that we did not do anything wrong. i'm sure the world is watching this whole thai drama closely, and i can't wait for the world diplomatic community to say something to thailand about this whole violation of the icj verdict, the unesco's khmer world heritage site as well that thailand is incursing into right now.
Soon Commander Baboon will have to face the UN.
No one has to face the corrupted and useless UN.
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