BANGKOK, July 19 (TNA) - Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has invited Cambodian Ambassador Ung Sean to receive a letter from Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in response to the Khmer premier's July 17 diplomatic 'Note'.
On Friday (July 18), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs invited Mr. Ung Sean to receive Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's letter to Premier Hun Sen in reply to his July 17 Note.
Mr. Samak reaffirmed the Royal Thai Government's resolve to seek a just and peaceful solution to the situation in the area immediately adjacent to the Temple of Preah Vihear.
The Thai premier said he has instructed the Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces to lead Thai delegates to Monday's session of the Thai-Cambodian General Border Committee (GBC) in Sa Kaeo Province to discuss issues surrounding the situation with the Cambodian side in a spirit of friendship and cooperation.
Mr. Samak affirmed that the two countries should use every means to prevent escalation of the situation.
The Thai prime minister emphasised that the area of Keo Sikha Kiri Svara Pagoda mentioned in the Cambodian Prime Minister's Note is within Thai territory, and that the establishment of a Khmer community, including building a temple and homes, as well as stationing Cambodian military personnel in the area constitute a continued violation of Thailand's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The Royal Thai Government has issued four written protests to Cambodia regarding this matter in 2004, 2005, 2007 and April 2008 respectively.
Meanwhile, the deployment by Cambodia of more than 1,000 troops, in addition to around 200 troops stationed there earlier, has caused the situation to deteriorate.
The Thai Prime Minister called on both sides to exercise restraint and hopes that the Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission will accelerate its work to survey and demarcate the entire stretch of the Thai-Cambodian border so that similar problems would not arise in the future. In addition, pending completion of the JBC's work in this area, the Thai side is ready to jointly explore with Cambodia possible interim measures.
Later on Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs invited the remaining eight ASEAN ambassadors to the ministry inform them of the situation and present copies of the July 17 Note to Thailand and Cambodia's ASEAN neighbours, the July 18 Note from Prime Minister Samak to his Cambodian counterpart, including attached copies of the four aide-memoires which Thailand had earlier sent to protest Cambodian actions, as well as copies of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Thailand and Cambodia on the Survey and Demarcation of Land Boundary dated June 4, 2000.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also circulated all of the said documents to other foreign missions in Bangkok.
The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained that the four protests by Thailand to Cambodia were made on the basis of Article 5 of the 2000 MOU, under which both sides agreed not to carry out any work resulting in changes of environment of the frontier zone, pending the survey and demarcation of the common land boundary.
However, to date, no action whatsoever has been undertaken by Cambodia to address Thailand's concerns, protests and requests.
The four Thai protests were made on Nov. 25, 2004 protesting expansion of the Cambodian community and building Cambodian government offices in the area; on March 8, 2005 to protest against Cambodian construction and road improvements from Komui Village, Chom Ksan District, Preah Vihear Province, to Preah Vihear temple; on May 17, 2007 to object to Cambodia's nomination for Preah Vihear temple to be inscribed on the World Heritage List and to Cambodia's "Décret Royal on Délimitation du site protégé du temple de Preah Vihear," which encroached into Thai territory.
On April 10 this year Thailand reiterated all three preceding protests and requested Cambodia's immediate withdrawal of its military and police forces stationed in the areas under overlapping territorial claims between Thailand and Cambodia.
The overall situation at Preah Vihear at present remains stable.
On Friday (July 18), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs invited Mr. Ung Sean to receive Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's letter to Premier Hun Sen in reply to his July 17 Note.
Mr. Samak reaffirmed the Royal Thai Government's resolve to seek a just and peaceful solution to the situation in the area immediately adjacent to the Temple of Preah Vihear.
The Thai premier said he has instructed the Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces to lead Thai delegates to Monday's session of the Thai-Cambodian General Border Committee (GBC) in Sa Kaeo Province to discuss issues surrounding the situation with the Cambodian side in a spirit of friendship and cooperation.
Mr. Samak affirmed that the two countries should use every means to prevent escalation of the situation.
The Thai prime minister emphasised that the area of Keo Sikha Kiri Svara Pagoda mentioned in the Cambodian Prime Minister's Note is within Thai territory, and that the establishment of a Khmer community, including building a temple and homes, as well as stationing Cambodian military personnel in the area constitute a continued violation of Thailand's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The Royal Thai Government has issued four written protests to Cambodia regarding this matter in 2004, 2005, 2007 and April 2008 respectively.
Meanwhile, the deployment by Cambodia of more than 1,000 troops, in addition to around 200 troops stationed there earlier, has caused the situation to deteriorate.
The Thai Prime Minister called on both sides to exercise restraint and hopes that the Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission will accelerate its work to survey and demarcate the entire stretch of the Thai-Cambodian border so that similar problems would not arise in the future. In addition, pending completion of the JBC's work in this area, the Thai side is ready to jointly explore with Cambodia possible interim measures.
Later on Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs invited the remaining eight ASEAN ambassadors to the ministry inform them of the situation and present copies of the July 17 Note to Thailand and Cambodia's ASEAN neighbours, the July 18 Note from Prime Minister Samak to his Cambodian counterpart, including attached copies of the four aide-memoires which Thailand had earlier sent to protest Cambodian actions, as well as copies of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Thailand and Cambodia on the Survey and Demarcation of Land Boundary dated June 4, 2000.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also circulated all of the said documents to other foreign missions in Bangkok.
The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained that the four protests by Thailand to Cambodia were made on the basis of Article 5 of the 2000 MOU, under which both sides agreed not to carry out any work resulting in changes of environment of the frontier zone, pending the survey and demarcation of the common land boundary.
However, to date, no action whatsoever has been undertaken by Cambodia to address Thailand's concerns, protests and requests.
The four Thai protests were made on Nov. 25, 2004 protesting expansion of the Cambodian community and building Cambodian government offices in the area; on March 8, 2005 to protest against Cambodian construction and road improvements from Komui Village, Chom Ksan District, Preah Vihear Province, to Preah Vihear temple; on May 17, 2007 to object to Cambodia's nomination for Preah Vihear temple to be inscribed on the World Heritage List and to Cambodia's "Décret Royal on Délimitation du site protégé du temple de Preah Vihear," which encroached into Thai territory.
On April 10 this year Thailand reiterated all three preceding protests and requested Cambodia's immediate withdrawal of its military and police forces stationed in the areas under overlapping territorial claims between Thailand and Cambodia.
The overall situation at Preah Vihear at present remains stable.
13 comments:
Whatever land that is mentioned in the 1962 verdict belong to Cambodia, so your note does not worth anything.
So we like to reaffirm and emphasize it again to you not that Excellency to respect International Law, 1962 ICJ verdict is to be taken seriously.
Your trickery of Memorandum when the ICJ will demand you the reason of your invasion in Cambodia territory, don't forget to bring it along.
It will show how good you are at trying to breaching International Law, in every cunning way possible.
Bring all your papers, to show the world how good how cunning the Siam government are at fabricating loop hole in order to invalidate International Court decision.
Should Cambodia need to send to the Siam government a copy of the ICJ verdict, I forgot you already have it, but just make no effort to abide by it.
The Thai government deception toward the Cambodian government through the Memorandum is a proof that the Thai will do anything to invalidate the ICJ decision. As a member of the UN should they not do their utmost to abide by the International Law?
They are sending to the World the message that ICJ has no authority whatsoever, they just need to be cunning and they can do whatever they want.
So why the Siam bother being a member of the UN if you don't abide by International Law?
The ignorant and corrupted ICJ doesn't have authority over anyone. Where were they when the Khmer Rouge massacres its people, huh?
By posting comment like that your ignorance really showed.
What is so ignorant about the corrupted UN "Oil for Food" program?
As a member of the UN Thai government should ask the UN for a special statue.
Because Thai government only know their rights and don't give a damn about obligations.
The UN should create a special charter with only right no obligation whatsoever for Thailand alone.
Sound good for you Thailand?
Who care about special statue? The Khmer People in Issan wants their temple back now. Stop stalling!
Siams are prostitutes - the monkey "khmer issan" here puts down the UN, the monkey forgot how his Siam land with wide open hands accepting the UNHCR money while mistreating the refugees in the 70 and 80's. The monkey is so tricky, he even supported the Khmer Rouge, ignoring the Khmer suffering, because the monkey was so afraid that the Viets could march to his stolen city of Bangkok.
10:05 PM
You really need an English course...
Just forget about it.
Sigh...
"Mr. Samak affirmed that the two countries should use every means to prevent escalation of the situation"
Read that remark in quote from above. It'd make more sense if someone else other than Thai makes that remark. But here, the Thai has provoke a senseless stand off and urge "both sides" to resolve the stupid crisis "peacefully". You stupid Thai oughta go back to school for 3 more decades and then come back and talk with us the Khmers.
11:03, stop crying. You got what you deserved in the 70's and 80's for stealing Khmer's temple and land from Issan Province.
mr. samak, what part of the franco-siamese treaty of 1904 - 1907 and the icj verdict don't you understand? it is not yours!!! so give it up already!! stop violating the international law!!!
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