BANGKOK POST AND AFP
The army will not force out Cambodians living in the disputed area near Preah Vihear temple, as residents in Si Sa Ket are demanding, army chief Anupong Paojinda said yesterday. Gen Anupong said the issue must be settled by the government and stressed there is no army policy to end territorial disputes by military measures.
The government preferred to use existing international protocols, he said.
He said he was confident the Thai and Cambodian governments could settle the controversy over Preah Vihear at the negotiating table.
Thailand was unsuccessful in its attempts to convince the World Heritage Committee (WHC) to postpone the listing of the temple opposite Kantharalak district in Si Sa Ket province.
Bangkok wanted a joint nomination to help resolve the issue of disputed land around the temple.
Pongpol Adireksan, the chairman of Thailand's World Heritage Committee, said the overlapping area could be turned into a Thai-Cambodia peace park once a seven-nation committee was appointed to manage the temple and surroundings.
The WHC proposed that a Thai representative sit on the seven-nation International Coordination Committee to safeguard and develop Preah Vihear.
Meanwhile, Cambodia's retired king Norodom Sihanouk yesterday chastised Thai critics of the listing of the ancient temple as a World Heritage site.
The former king said in a handwritten communique that Thai critics of the deal, who allege the main entrance to the temple is in Thailand, and not Cambodia, have ignored ''historic facts''.
Thai critics were ''absolutely wrong'' and stoke ''meanness'' which ''causes undeserved and anachronistic grief to Cambodia and its people concerning the Preah Vihear temple, instead of devoting ourselves to harmonious and fruitful development of our friendship'', Sihanouk said.
Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong has stated that neither Cambodia or Thailand lost any territory from the ruling, but he was concerned that growing nationalist Thai sentiment could harm relations.
The government preferred to use existing international protocols, he said.
He said he was confident the Thai and Cambodian governments could settle the controversy over Preah Vihear at the negotiating table.
Thailand was unsuccessful in its attempts to convince the World Heritage Committee (WHC) to postpone the listing of the temple opposite Kantharalak district in Si Sa Ket province.
Bangkok wanted a joint nomination to help resolve the issue of disputed land around the temple.
Pongpol Adireksan, the chairman of Thailand's World Heritage Committee, said the overlapping area could be turned into a Thai-Cambodia peace park once a seven-nation committee was appointed to manage the temple and surroundings.
The WHC proposed that a Thai representative sit on the seven-nation International Coordination Committee to safeguard and develop Preah Vihear.
Meanwhile, Cambodia's retired king Norodom Sihanouk yesterday chastised Thai critics of the listing of the ancient temple as a World Heritage site.
The former king said in a handwritten communique that Thai critics of the deal, who allege the main entrance to the temple is in Thailand, and not Cambodia, have ignored ''historic facts''.
Thai critics were ''absolutely wrong'' and stoke ''meanness'' which ''causes undeserved and anachronistic grief to Cambodia and its people concerning the Preah Vihear temple, instead of devoting ourselves to harmonious and fruitful development of our friendship'', Sihanouk said.
Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong has stated that neither Cambodia or Thailand lost any territory from the ruling, but he was concerned that growing nationalist Thai sentiment could harm relations.
12 comments:
Good luck, Chief, but I maintain that the ignorant monkey in Cambodia is incapable of reasoning that Khmer does existed in the region other than Cambodia. Their brain had been frozen by their greed. The only thing that they will understand is bullets and destruction.
I repeat there is no overlapping areas. The 4.6 km2 belongs to Cambodia as settled in 1962 by the world court. Thailand should top distorting facts and stop dreaming!
Wrong justification! Thais ain't no Khmer, and Khmer ain't no Thais. Khmer is Khmer, and Siam is Siam. Period. Stop trying to falsify the history and the truth, loser. The whole wide world knows about this. LOL LOL LOL
I am glad Gen. Anupong knows how to reason like a civilized person. These hot head Thai think they can go out there around Preah Vihear and evict us Khmer out of our own land. Stop dreaming you lunetics!. How about us Khmer evicting you Thai out of Surin, Sisaket, Nokor-RachSima, Chanburi etc..
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dream on, bastard!
Rao tong lai chao thai arg jag paendin khong rao!
"We evict all Thais from our Khmer ancestral land!"
All Khmer blood with Khmer mind can stay! and the so-called Thai Issan can go back to Nan Chao!
You idiot, 12:45, over those centuries that the Thai occupied Issan Province, many of Khmer people had married to Thai, Loa, and Burmese, and they are not going to kick out their family for any monkey in Cambodia.
their military better respect the international protocols as cambodian citizens have the rights to settle and live there in accordance to the icj verdict in favor of cambodia on this so-called disputed area, i'm sure there will be a lot of law suits and thailand will perhaps become like the fate of iraq for violating the international laws. who knows!! good think their military is educated enough to understand the international protocols. god bless cambodia.
What Opposite Thai Party and pessimism Thai people must do is to accept the fact NOT try to do something ruin their reputation and economy. Nowadays, they already have problem in internal control why they still want to have to problem with neigbor country.
I think Thai like having quarrel with neigbor country not even Cambodia but they also have conflict with Loa, Burma,....they might proud that they are a strong country?
I think Thai like having quarrel with neigbor country not even Cambodia but they also have conflict with Loa, Burma,....they might proud that they are a strong country?
I think Thai like having quarrel with neigbor country not even Cambodia but they also have conflict with Loa, Burma,....they might proud that they are a strong country?
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