BANGKOK, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Thailand and Cambodia, which have exchanged new claims over a second disputed temple ruin on their mutual border, agreed Tuesday not to dispatch troops into the area in order to ease tensions along the border, the official Thai News Agency reported.
The agreement was reached following a closed-door half-an-hour talk between Maj-Gen. Kanok Netrakawesana, commander of Thailand's Suranaree Task Force, and San Wanna, deputy governor of Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey province, at the Task Force headquarters in Kap Choeng border district of Thailand's Surin province.
Wanna was quoted as saying that the talks were held in a "positive atmosphere" and there would be no more problem.
The two neighbors are now locked over the Ta Muen Thom ruins, which Thailand claims sits in the Thai border district of Phanom Dong Rak in the northeastern province of Surin, and Cambodia argues is in Cambodia's Uddor Meanchey province.
Tensions in the area heightened after Thai Supreme Commander Boonsang Niempradit on Monday asked Cambodia to withdraw its soldiers from the temple environs. However, an unknown number of Thai soldiers were also deployed in the area.
This is the second controversial temple between the two countries. In July, Cambodia and Thailand made an intense military standoff near the Preah Vihear ancient temple, which stands some 100 kilometers from the Ta Muen Thom temple. Both countries historically laid claim to the 11th century temple, which now sits on Cambodian soil following the action of the International Court of Justice which awarded the ancient temple to Cambodia in 1962.
On Monday last week, foreign ministers of the two countries agreed at a meeting in Cambodia's Siem Reap province to redeploy their troops at Preah Vihear temple and the area surrounding it in an attempt to reduce tensions along the border, but until the Thai Cabinet met Tuesday, neither side showed any sign of making the first move.
The Thai Cabinet agreed "in principle" to reduce the presence of its military in the vicinity of the temple tension point on the border. However, a Thai government spokesman indicated no timetable or the numbers of troops to be pulled back from the frontier.
More than 1,000 troops from both countries are still at Preah Vihear.
The agreement was reached following a closed-door half-an-hour talk between Maj-Gen. Kanok Netrakawesana, commander of Thailand's Suranaree Task Force, and San Wanna, deputy governor of Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey province, at the Task Force headquarters in Kap Choeng border district of Thailand's Surin province.
Wanna was quoted as saying that the talks were held in a "positive atmosphere" and there would be no more problem.
The two neighbors are now locked over the Ta Muen Thom ruins, which Thailand claims sits in the Thai border district of Phanom Dong Rak in the northeastern province of Surin, and Cambodia argues is in Cambodia's Uddor Meanchey province.
Tensions in the area heightened after Thai Supreme Commander Boonsang Niempradit on Monday asked Cambodia to withdraw its soldiers from the temple environs. However, an unknown number of Thai soldiers were also deployed in the area.
This is the second controversial temple between the two countries. In July, Cambodia and Thailand made an intense military standoff near the Preah Vihear ancient temple, which stands some 100 kilometers from the Ta Muen Thom temple. Both countries historically laid claim to the 11th century temple, which now sits on Cambodian soil following the action of the International Court of Justice which awarded the ancient temple to Cambodia in 1962.
On Monday last week, foreign ministers of the two countries agreed at a meeting in Cambodia's Siem Reap province to redeploy their troops at Preah Vihear temple and the area surrounding it in an attempt to reduce tensions along the border, but until the Thai Cabinet met Tuesday, neither side showed any sign of making the first move.
The Thai Cabinet agreed "in principle" to reduce the presence of its military in the vicinity of the temple tension point on the border. However, a Thai government spokesman indicated no timetable or the numbers of troops to be pulled back from the frontier.
More than 1,000 troops from both countries are still at Preah Vihear.
4 comments:
who knows himself as he done something wrong should voluntarily resign to let the New ones to negotaiate with Thais...
You got money from thais how can you equally negoataite with them????
Time to resign if we consider the National Interest
Does this make sense in phase value? This is like when someone has stepped on you foot and you both agreed not to make any movements afterward. It looks like a soft stand, no wander the Tai does that again to the other temples. What's next? Thai para-troops land in Phnom Penh (not too hard to do) and we all agree not to build up troops and avoid confrontations?
SWOT Analyse
win-thai
Stength:
we are stronger because most of military support is from individual's private property-means we are rich no need government budget.
Siams use govt budget to supply army.
Human resources- a lot of Generals-Phd. Excellencies- Co-ministers/Primeministers/ a lot of Kings/Samdachs..Oknhas
Budget: unlimited- collecting from people/monks/poors
Military strength- qualified/ mostly ghost soldiers (invisible)-many Generals
Margic Spell/Black margic: very effective- one thai army died may be due AIDS
Financial resources: land/govt. , any stateowned properties buildings/ heritage natural resources can be sold quickly to buy weapons without any parliamentary Approval ...
Power- handed only one strong man/ every thing can be decided fast...
Political Parties: no need to oppose any govermental decision
Infrastructure-very poor- makes rhais army difficult to move into Cam-territory
Economy: Low- Thais have nothing to eat when invade into Cam....
Weakness:N/A
Oppoertuny- unknown
Treat: uncountable/unknown
Conclusdion- Cam wins Siams unconditionally
Excellency Dr. Bandit Oknha Achar Knoy- Phd. in multi-disciplinary Subjects: Poli/Multi-econom. Laws /From Chea Chamreourn Unviersity PPenh/Campuchia
May I propose Bangkok Royal Palace as Khmer Heritage
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