Cambodian government planned to build concrete walls at complicated border areas with Thailand, a Cambodian official said here on Sunday.
PHNOM PENH, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Both sides should start to discuss to plant border markers from undisputed border areas to the complicated border areas and some complicated border areas will be built with border markers or concrete walls, Khieu Kanharith, Information Minister and government spokesman, told reporters at a press conference.
Cambodian government will allow private companies to invest at least two million U.S. dollars at the Preah Vihear Temple to set up cable cars for tourists, he said, adding that the government is also trying to build road accessing to the temple.
The Preah Vihear border gate to Thailand will be open when the situation there is stable, he said, adding that foreign tourists could visit the temple from the Cambodian side.
Cambodia and Thailand share a border of over 800 km with only 73 demarcation markers.
Previously, during the meeting on Aug. 18-19, Cambodian and Thai foreign ministers agreed to arrange a second-phase troop redeployment at the disputed border area near the Preah Vihear Temple in the eponymous province of Cambodia.
Both sides will convene a meeting between Head of the Cambodian Temporary Coordinating Task Force and Head of the Thai Regional Border Committee on Aug. 29 in Cambodia to discuss the second-phase of redeployment.
The two foreign ministers also agreed to recommend to their governments that the next meeting of legal experts and the Thai-Cambodian JBC be convened in early Oct. 2008 to discuss the issues related to the survey and demarcation of the relevant sectors under the term of reference and master plan of JBC.
On July 15, Thai troops went into the border area to fetch three trespassers who had intended to claim Thai sovereignty over the Preah Vihear Temple. However, the troops stationed there ever since, thus triggering the military standoff and propelling both sides' military personnel to grow over a thousand in the border areas.
During the time, Thai troops respectively entered the Keo SikhaKiri Svara Pagoda, which is constructed on the only way leading to the Preah Vihear Temple, as well as the Ta Moan Toch and Ta Moan Thom temples in neighboring Oddar Meanchey province of Cambodia.
On Aug. 16, most of the troops at the Keo Sikha Kiri Svara Pagoda and within the surrounding area of the Preah Vihear Temple were evacuated according to both sides' agreement.
The Preah Vihear Temple straddles the Cambodian-Thai border atop the Dangrek Mountain and was listed as a World Heritage Site on July 7 by UNESCO's World Heritage Committee.
In 1962, the International Court of Justice decided that the 11-century temple and the land around belong to Cambodia, which rankled the Thais and has led to continuous disputes.
PHNOM PENH, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Both sides should start to discuss to plant border markers from undisputed border areas to the complicated border areas and some complicated border areas will be built with border markers or concrete walls, Khieu Kanharith, Information Minister and government spokesman, told reporters at a press conference.
Cambodian government will allow private companies to invest at least two million U.S. dollars at the Preah Vihear Temple to set up cable cars for tourists, he said, adding that the government is also trying to build road accessing to the temple.
The Preah Vihear border gate to Thailand will be open when the situation there is stable, he said, adding that foreign tourists could visit the temple from the Cambodian side.
Cambodia and Thailand share a border of over 800 km with only 73 demarcation markers.
Previously, during the meeting on Aug. 18-19, Cambodian and Thai foreign ministers agreed to arrange a second-phase troop redeployment at the disputed border area near the Preah Vihear Temple in the eponymous province of Cambodia.
Both sides will convene a meeting between Head of the Cambodian Temporary Coordinating Task Force and Head of the Thai Regional Border Committee on Aug. 29 in Cambodia to discuss the second-phase of redeployment.
The two foreign ministers also agreed to recommend to their governments that the next meeting of legal experts and the Thai-Cambodian JBC be convened in early Oct. 2008 to discuss the issues related to the survey and demarcation of the relevant sectors under the term of reference and master plan of JBC.
On July 15, Thai troops went into the border area to fetch three trespassers who had intended to claim Thai sovereignty over the Preah Vihear Temple. However, the troops stationed there ever since, thus triggering the military standoff and propelling both sides' military personnel to grow over a thousand in the border areas.
During the time, Thai troops respectively entered the Keo SikhaKiri Svara Pagoda, which is constructed on the only way leading to the Preah Vihear Temple, as well as the Ta Moan Toch and Ta Moan Thom temples in neighboring Oddar Meanchey province of Cambodia.
On Aug. 16, most of the troops at the Keo Sikha Kiri Svara Pagoda and within the surrounding area of the Preah Vihear Temple were evacuated according to both sides' agreement.
The Preah Vihear Temple straddles the Cambodian-Thai border atop the Dangrek Mountain and was listed as a World Heritage Site on July 7 by UNESCO's World Heritage Committee.
In 1962, the International Court of Justice decided that the 11-century temple and the land around belong to Cambodia, which rankled the Thais and has led to continuous disputes.
5 comments:
With the Thais, only concrete wall can prevent further territory dispute with its neighbors. Malaysia already used this method with Thailand. If the Thais keep being hungry of other countries land, in the next further, this country will be surrounded by huge concrete wall, just like jail.
That is a very stupid idea, which proved that the Cambodia Gov't can't taking care off her own land and the country for that matter. It is very sad ...sad indeed.
I wonder how Cambodia and Thailand demarcate the border, when the most important fundamental base, the map, is in conflict. What will they use as the reference to find where is the border? Don't say a stupid 50
-50 solution, it is so ugly.
Ohhh, Thailand has map drawn with US assistant (most famous statement commonly found in the news). What kind of assistant the US help Thailand to draw a map with Cambodia without Cambodia acknowledgment or agreement? Would this newly drawn map valid? If it is so, based on what law? (May be it is valid because US help to make it).
How about Cambodian-side map? It was drawn by France a century ago and it is favor Cambodia (also a famous statement in the news). Therefore, would the map is legally valid? The map that was drawn with full acknowledgment and agreement from the Siam.
If the experts say the two maps both are invalid, what to do? 50-50?
If there is really no solution (no maps are valid), I think, the whole border line must be redraw base on the so-called "Water shied line", so Thailand will have no reason to refuse. This time, please invite many technical experts from many countries to find where exactly the water shied line is. Heheeh, however, the Cambodian government must study clearly first, what is the advantages and disadvantages if we really need to consider the water shied line again. I myself also don't know what is "water shied line"....and how many water shied line....
an idea from a Khmer guy
Fuck up you asked Hun's government??? what the hell has he done all these years for Cambodia??? First thing first stupid, but what he cares most is to kill all the oppositions threatening his mighty power in Cambodia. That's crystal clear mother-fuckers they can have all their officials in CPP raise money for campaign, but he didn't fucking care to raise money for the border demarcation!!!!!! What in the name of god was he doing???
And now he's into the bigpile of shit and appear noblly to care for the soldiers at the borders. What the fuck is all that??????? you only need soldiers when you feel the danger threatening your power??? They must be REAL BASTARD ON EARTH!!!!!
For you compatriots you will only see neighboring countries swallowing your mother-land piece by piece because you can't do a damn with the govt. waiting to suppress you anytime you protest!!! Really bastard...just to please neigboring countries like YOUN And Siam that the current leaders are "tenderly loyal" with the incredible quality of a "DOG".
REALLY BASTARD!!!!!
Ah kwack honor shit with PHD?
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