HUA HIN, Thailand (AP) — Thailand expressed hope its dispute with Cambodia over border territory near an ancient temple would end with a peaceful resolution as formal talks began Tuesday.
The two neighbors came close to an armed clash last month over competing claims to land surrounding the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple on on Thailand's northeastern border with Cambodia.
Hundreds of troops from both sides massed on the frontier. The standoff saw weapons drawn once but no shots were fired.
Both sides pulled out most of their soldiers Saturday, leaving only 10 troops from each country at the compound of a pagoda near the temple, according to Hang Soth, director-general of the Preah Vihear National Authority, a Cambodian government agency managing the historic site.
Foreign ministers of the two countries began formal talks on the issue in the Thai resort town of Hua Hin on Tuesday after two earlier rounds proved inconclusive.
"The situation has been improving quite a lot. Tension in the area has ceased and we hope that the situation will go back to normal as soon as possible," Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Tarit Charungvut said Tuesday as the meeting began.
Cambodia's Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said Monday he was "optimistic the meeting will achieve a good success," and lead to "a lasting solution to border problems between Cambodia and Thailand."
Speaking before he left Cambodia, he reiterated his government's desire to solve the problems with Thailand peacefully and amicably, because "our two countries share a lot of economic and trade interests."
Hor Namhong said the two countries will work toward withdrawing all the remaining troops from the area to allow for mine clearance operations and border demarcation.
The armed standoff began on July 15 after UNESCO, the U.N.'s cultural agency, approved Cambodia's application to have the Preah Vihear temple named a World Heritage Site. Some Thais feared the temple's new status would jeopardize their claims to surrounding land.
Thailand and Cambodia have both long claimed land around the temple, which the World Court awarded to Cambodia in 1962.
The two neighbors came close to an armed clash last month over competing claims to land surrounding the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple on on Thailand's northeastern border with Cambodia.
Hundreds of troops from both sides massed on the frontier. The standoff saw weapons drawn once but no shots were fired.
Both sides pulled out most of their soldiers Saturday, leaving only 10 troops from each country at the compound of a pagoda near the temple, according to Hang Soth, director-general of the Preah Vihear National Authority, a Cambodian government agency managing the historic site.
Foreign ministers of the two countries began formal talks on the issue in the Thai resort town of Hua Hin on Tuesday after two earlier rounds proved inconclusive.
"The situation has been improving quite a lot. Tension in the area has ceased and we hope that the situation will go back to normal as soon as possible," Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Tarit Charungvut said Tuesday as the meeting began.
Cambodia's Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said Monday he was "optimistic the meeting will achieve a good success," and lead to "a lasting solution to border problems between Cambodia and Thailand."
Speaking before he left Cambodia, he reiterated his government's desire to solve the problems with Thailand peacefully and amicably, because "our two countries share a lot of economic and trade interests."
Hor Namhong said the two countries will work toward withdrawing all the remaining troops from the area to allow for mine clearance operations and border demarcation.
The armed standoff began on July 15 after UNESCO, the U.N.'s cultural agency, approved Cambodia's application to have the Preah Vihear temple named a World Heritage Site. Some Thais feared the temple's new status would jeopardize their claims to surrounding land.
Thailand and Cambodia have both long claimed land around the temple, which the World Court awarded to Cambodia in 1962.
17 comments:
It is kind of funny when AH Khieu Kanharith said that the UN can only give recommendation and the UN is not the one to solve Cambodian-Thaicong border conflict!
The United Nations is the highest world body to call upon to solve many small and big conflicts around the world! And it is the philosophy of the United Nations to solve conflict when it is small and manageable! Cambodia has the border conflict with the Thaicong since 1950 but because of the Vietname War and the Vietcong occupation of Cambodia has buried the Cambodian-Thaicong border conflict for 30 years! Now that the Cambodian-Thaicong border conflict resurface again and the United Nations have the responsibility to see that the Cambodian-Thaicong border conflict must end quickly and peacefully before the conflict could trigger an arm race and heading toward a bigger war in the future!
If the Thaicong still occupy Cambodian land, the new arm race is inevitable and the future war is certain!
The United Nations must step in now to help Cambodia to end the conflict! Cambodia has shown a lot of patience in dealing with the Thaicong invader but soon no more!
Mother fucker, ah kwack! you waste a lot of time...money...just bring a siame to international court..that's all Khmer needs to do
don't blame Ah kwack cuz he's an idiots on earth for khmer ppls.
Parriot knows nothing just siinging follwing his boss........
Sometimes parriot knows but he do not dare to talk......
The Thai government knows the weakness of the government of Hun Sen, for this reason that the Thai dared invade the reason for Preah Vihear temple, and Ta Maon Thom.
But, Hun Sen government is very strong with the people khmer. It is the number one in Cambodia.
Pourk ah thmil khmiom youn neung siems ! kith tèr proyauch khloun èng.
To 1:42 PM
I don't know whether you're stupid or not read enough news... as u can see Khmer government already report to the UNSC but have to postpone it later to thai want to have biliteral talk....n even the big country like US n China they also want us to have biliteral talk...so it's a good idea to have biliteral talk first u idiot...it's not wrong to report to UNSC later if the talk is not working ;)
Shut up the Khmer unity destroyer! You want to tell the inside country people about your knowledge on world affairs. To what extend do your people know about power of the UN? Look at the middle east, what the UN can do to solve the problem of Israel's occupation in the region? War in the region has continued over several dicades. It cannot ended because of the US's interest in the region...
What the UN can do to help Iraq from the US's invasion? Cannot coz huge oil reserve for the US to counter its major rival, Iran.
Do you know who is the UN? It's just the forum for P5 to control the world...the UN's resolution is effective only when it serves well the best interest of the P5 or the stronger one among the P5...
So many thing to tell you, not to teach you...To sum up, what's Cambodia-Thai border issue could give the P5 a bowl of noodle? Frankly telling you, your sweet home, the US objected the Cambodian govt's call for UNSC's intervention a few days after 15 July...So, what's the best way? Bilateral approach prevails and now continue to acheive positively...
By your embiton and dream, the issue can be resolved in one night, but in reality not... We have a lot of things to take into consideration, measure our own stregnth and other side's strenght... I read your several writings posted since this issue erupted, you all are so eager to fight...Fighting is easy, now send all your clan and families to Preah Vihear coz the inside country people are tired of fighting over years...Now, your turn... Your clan and families have enjoyed happiness long time ago since runing away from the homeland to seek paradise...so come on...
Sorry 5:26 p.m, I'm 6:55 p.m and my message posted is for those posted befor you...
No matter where you are,We are Khmer have the right to love your own Country and protect Not to destroy.
1:43 & 3:26
Ah Kwen! Get a life.
to 6:55 PM
I think you are Ah Kwack's classmate.....Oh! please..talk and talk...soon Khmers will be slave of yuon and siame!
The PhD in US don't know how to explain the people...They are good at insulting and cursing other...
This kind of PhD stands for Phlosophy Handicap Doctor...
I must admit that some Cambodian people are so stupid! This is getting ridiculous a how some stupid Cambodian people resort to reason that it is because of weak Cambodian government for the reason the Thaicong want to invade Cambodia and some even use the middle east conflict as an example of how the United Nations fail to play their role! The most famous reason is that Cambodian is tired of fighting the war even if the Thaicong or the Vietcong come to cut Cambodian people throat and burn down their house! So tell me what else I want to know!
It seems that Cambodia as a country is nobody business or interest and nobody want to help Cambodian people to protect their sovereignty in the face of the Thaicong naked aggression! If Cambodia is nobody interest why even bother sign the Paris Agreement involving the United Nations called UNTAC for! Why does United States have to build their embassy in Cambodia for? Why Cambodia has to join the ASEAN block for? Why...
So here are the logics!
Some stupid Cambodian people claimed that Cambodian government is so weak and the Cambodian government can never protect Cambodian sovereignty from the Thaicong naked aggression but why AH Khieu Kanharith claimed that Cambodia do have enough weapon to protect Cambodian sovereignty! Some stupid Cambodian people claimed that the United Nations can never help Cambodia because the United Nations can’t even help the Middle East conflict and the Middle East conflict is a religious conflict which supported by world super powers and there is no way the UN can help bring an end to the middle east conflict! What about the UN fail to stop US from invading Iraq? Well, the US is the world policeman and if Iraq decide to invade Kuwait and build mass weapon destruction to threaten the world peace and the US has an obligation as the world policeman to invade Iraq to restore the world peace and stability! Now does that mean the Thaicong can behave like the US by going around invading Cambodia? Of course not! The Thaicong isn’t world super power and the Thaicong is just shrimp among whale! Some stupid Cambodian people even claim that Cambodian people are so sickened tired of war and they just want peace but do Cambodian people really have peace over the years? Of course not! Well! Cambodian people had been getting use to the fucken war for long that they forget that they are living in a fucken war zone! To prove my point and just look at the living condition of dirt poor Cambodian people and it is not different from the Khmer Rouge and the Vietcong occupation because Cambodian people continue to live in fear! AH HUN XEN has been using his police thugs as his foot soldiers who are walking around with AK-47 and grenades and they do land grabbing, killing, and intimidating Cambodian people as if they were his enemy and AH HUN XEN even deport his own citizen such as Monk Tim Sakhorn without due process to please the Vietcong government!
The fact is too many stupid Cambodian have too much inferior complex and they see no value in themselves and they continue to play death and waiting for some unknown force to help them! Since the beginning the Khmer empire and if Cambodian people didn’t fight for the survival of Cambodia and Cambodia would have vanished long time ago! The fact that Cambodia continue to exist until today is because Cambodian people chose to fight the Thaicong and the Vietcong relentless aggression! Fear no more and if Cambodian people chose to fight to protect Cambodia and Cambodia will always continue to exist and Cambodian people will always continue to be prosper and multiply!
I'm getting more happier as long as you continue to insult other more and more...
Your behavor will reflect your efforts to destroy the nation unity...And people will vote for your oppostion party...please curse more...!
It is my pleasure to curse those stupid Cambodian people including you and I don't need your fucken vote either any you can kiss my arse!
9:49pm
You are an arrogant fuck. Calling other people inferior complex? I would give a homeless guy more respect than you any day because you are a waste of human life. A another stupid and ignorant human that the world can go without. Your shit is bigger than your asshole. Don't shit buddy because your asshole will bleed when you have shit that is bigger than our asshole. Learn to lower that ego of yours, stupid shithead.
To 11:29PM
What other people are you talking about fool? Why are so anal about inferior complex? Why? Do you have inferior complex? Why are you so fire up?
Hey mother fucker! I suggest you take psychology 101 to understand the hell I am talking about here okay! Maybe you can ask Kith Meng for mentioning about “Cambodian inferior complex”!
You are one stupid mother fucker!
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