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Phnom Penh - The United States advocated a bilateral solution to the ongoing border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia, US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Tuesday.
Wrapping up a three-day official visit during which he met Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and Prime Minister Hun Sen, Negroponte said the US hoped to see a peaceful end to the dispute between the two neighbours.
'We think this is a dispute the differences of which should be resolved peacefully ... and preferably bilaterally,' he said. 'It is important the use of force and coercion be avoided at all costs.'
Thai troops moved into territory around the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple on the Thai-Cambodian border in July, just one week after UNESCO awarded the temple World Heritage listing over Thai objections. Thailand says the territory is disputed land while Cambodia claims it as sovereign territory.
The Ta Moan temple complex, 150 kilometres to the west, was also occupied by Thai soldiers, Cambodia said, as was Ta Krabey, a third temple, earlier this month.
Thailand called those claims baseless and noted it has always had troops stationed near the two sites.
But Prime Minister Hun Sen let his anger over the spread of the dispute to Ta Krabey be known in statements to local media through his cabinet.
He ordered authorities to get their documents in order and be ready to go to the UN Security Council or other international bodies for third-party mediation, government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said Monday.
Wrapping up a three-day official visit during which he met Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and Prime Minister Hun Sen, Negroponte said the US hoped to see a peaceful end to the dispute between the two neighbours.
'We think this is a dispute the differences of which should be resolved peacefully ... and preferably bilaterally,' he said. 'It is important the use of force and coercion be avoided at all costs.'
Thai troops moved into territory around the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple on the Thai-Cambodian border in July, just one week after UNESCO awarded the temple World Heritage listing over Thai objections. Thailand says the territory is disputed land while Cambodia claims it as sovereign territory.
The Ta Moan temple complex, 150 kilometres to the west, was also occupied by Thai soldiers, Cambodia said, as was Ta Krabey, a third temple, earlier this month.
Thailand called those claims baseless and noted it has always had troops stationed near the two sites.
But Prime Minister Hun Sen let his anger over the spread of the dispute to Ta Krabey be known in statements to local media through his cabinet.
He ordered authorities to get their documents in order and be ready to go to the UN Security Council or other international bodies for third-party mediation, government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said Monday.
29 comments:
Thailand has been quietly colonized by the American imperium for more than 150 years, I have no doubt that the controversial fronteers are backed by the US (in favor for Thailand). That said, the recent meeting with the US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte is an effort to buy off the controversy by donating the fund to the Cambodian government.
Remember, keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
1:45 PM
No, no, no, my friend. The US, for one thing, is the #1 leader of invading countries, for example, Irag, Afganistan, Vietnam, Korea, etc., if Cambodia takes this to the U.N., then that means future countries that are going to invaded by the US, such as Iran, for example, will also result in asking the U.N. for help if it needed to. That means that the U.S. will have to deal with members of the U.N. which it dosen't want to at all.
It's easy for Negroponte to tell others to resolve the issue peacefully and bilaterally. Has the USA set any good example for others to follow, especially with weak nations? For example the USA has long standing issues with North Korea, why the US not negotiate with the North Korean bilaterally? The US insisted on the six-partite talk with the North Korean; same as for the Iranian, the US tried to get the EU involved as well. You are a hypocrite Negroponte, stop telling others to do things that you're not doing it yourself. No double standard.
Cambodia has more reasons than the US to ask the International community to help in this border issue with the aggressor neighbour Thailand, since we are the weak one. If Cambodia is strong militarily and economically the Thai wouldn't dare to do this at the first place. I guess you are talking to protect and appease your friends in Bangkok. You and the US administration never consider Cambodia as your equal partner, but as pawn in your world domination plan of the region.
From one Khmer that is critical of the US foreign policies.
Things to be Remembered:
1. How many tons of bombs did the US drop on Cambodia?
2. How many innocent people in the world, including children and babies of Cambodia, did the US massacred to:
- win the ideological wars.
- be a global superpower.
- teach Cambodia a lesson, so on.
3. Have the Americans paid anything to the Cambodian for the destruction they caused.
To me, the Americans are the most popular killers. They will not stop killing people.
The US presence in Cambodia is good. But the enemies of the US are not happy.
Trust me, the thug US wont give a damn about Cambodia.. Nothing is at stake to them.. same case for North Korea.. Unlike Afganistan, Iraq, Iran, etc.. they didn't topple Saddam Hussein because they care about Iraqi people.. Saddam Hussein was just their excuse.. they did so because they wanted Iraqi's OIL, period.
Mr. Embassy man, we know you're listening! What do you have to say for the above comments, although the overwheliming majority are not with the US?
1:53, US has set a good example by unilaterally and aggressively invading Iraq without the consent of the UN Security Council. What about that?
Despite its hi-tech precision weapons, the U.S. attacks continue to kill and maim innocent women and children in Iraq and Afghanistan. Then, they kidnap the so-called terror suspects who are tortured in secret prisons located in various countries. President George W. Bush famously said "you are either with us or with the terrorists". So, for this man of global power the world is black and white to him. The concept of "you are innocent until proven guilty" is no longer applied. They lied to the international community about the weapon of mass destruction in Iraq and invaded it without the U.N. approval. They have been very good at lies and deceits since God knows when.
When Hun Sen offered assistance to the U.S. in landing their planes in Cambodia during their invasion of Afghanistan, Cambodia was removed from the list of countries that are involved in drug running. In return, the U.S. turned a blind eye when Hun Sen ordered the release of the brother of the Chief of Custom & Excise, who approved and signed the documents for a ship loaded with marijuana to Australia, and other criminal activities that Hun Sen and the CPP supporters have done to undermine true democracy, transparency and freedom in Cambodia.
A bilateral solution to border dispute with Thailand? Isn't that what we have been doing all these times? The U.S. has more interests in Thailand than in Cambodia, so are we supposed to take advice from a government rep. who already takes side? The U.S. just needs to nudge Thailand into respecting Cambodia's sovereignty, much like China just needs to nudge North Korea into giving up its nuclear programme. It is more about political and personal gains than justice and humanity. But, we live a world full of lies and deceits, so the best thing we can do is to keep our eyes open and to wake up our fellow citizens who are still sleep-walking into dictatorship.
"President George W. Bush famously said "you are either with us or with the terrorists".
I'm completely concured with you, Mr. 4:29 PM. Moreover, the above statement is also so-called the "Bush Doctrine" ; however, I called it a "tortuous foreign policy."
May God bless Cambodia!
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer!
now all of you figure out the solutions or just treat everyone as your enermies? more and more enermies?? Can you afford the cost of being an enermy like US? That's called deplomacy folks. You don't just bark at everyone against you as your enermy: See what are advantages for the country when like King Sihanouk befriedn with China or North Korea? You name the advantages for this poor Cambodia: I dare say Genocide regime, massacre of the innocent people. How many more killing fields do you want? I doubt you wrote the comments against the US cos the interests of Khmers are, somehow, not in your interests, but to creates more tension and put the existence of Cambodia at stake.
That's what you intend to achieve?
6:11 PM
"How many more killing fields do you want?"
Mr. 6:11 PM, would it be fair to say the "killing fields" were created by the US?
Everyone (Khmer) knows that Pol Pot was one of the US creation.
The truth of the matter is that when the "monsters" have been created, the US never had "plan B," that has always been the problem with the US (not to mention Afghanistan & Iraq).
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer!
No real soldiers, commanders all over the karoke palors ...and when the last time they did military exercise? not to mention roads are in terribly poor conditions..very few soldiers along the border...sometimes don't really realize whether the temples exist!
That's khmer military's management under hun sen's rule? Concentration all around the lucrative $$$$dollar zones, say the development MY ASS!
Gee! you many bunch of sh*t people! Can you just one agree and go along with the US? did the South Korea or the Germany or Europe die with the American? American had been in their land for over 50 years. They didn't loose their indepnedence or dignity. Did they? of couse not. South Korea is still a South Korea and had all the money in the world to buy land and build those sky rises in Cambodian at the present day. Germany is still as powerful and respectful from others as ever. Europe is the same and even more prosperous than anyone. See Sweden. Why we are so afraid? or so terrify of the one country that want to help us? all of those negative perception is in our heads and they are false. The Damm thai needs to listen for one and so do us. We can go to the UN, but if it's not necesssary, why waste time? Common sense is to get along go along make money and have a great time. stupid.
4 External Perils
1. The Offensive from the Western Imperialism to meddle around the internal affairs of Thailand - to pick the puppet governemtn who run in favor of Western Imperialism AGAINST National Interest on energy matters.
2. Bankruptcy of the finanacial giants like Layman Brothers couild IGNITE another national nightmare of 1997.
3. Peril from the Easthern Border - Vietcong wold use Khmer Army as the front lien ATTACKING Thailand ... by insigating Khmers to fight so they can grab the Eastern region all the way from Aranyaprathet to Bangkok. - Eastern reaboard Included - with the help from Yankee and Aussy who want to grab energy resources in the Gulf of Thailand.
4. perils from the Southern Border ... Now, the conflagation has spreaded to Songkla ... and began to creep in the 6 Andaman provinces ... with Supoport from the outside - either from Muslim powers or so.
These 4 external perils are threatening to destroy very existing of Thailand ... Therofre, Internal problems must be solved to prevetn the Demonic regime like Thaksin regime from being revive and allowed to run the coutnry before handling the 4 external peris AGAINST very existing of Thailand
At this late stage in the game of border conflict between Cambodia-Thailand and if Cambodian leaders don't understand the power of the United Nations Security Council then Cambodia will cease to be a nation in the near future!
Uncle Sam needs to stop playing favoritism for Thailand and by playing favoritism Uncle SAM is encourage Thai leaders to be irresponsible and arrogant with their naked aggression on Cambodia!
By the way for those countries that continue to insist on Cambodia to have bilateral talk with the Thai leaders to achieve peaceful resolution to the border conflict is because even without bilateral talk and they can use their military to achieve peace! And for Cambodia that has nothing and not evens the military power and so the only way for Cambodia is to go straight to United Nations Security Council! But the sad part is Uncle SAM controls the United Nations Security Council and Cambodia can’t do anything not even mentioning the words of United Nations Security Council! Cambodia is finished as a country!
I must admit that there are win and loser in the world of politic but Cambodia can't afford the fucken loser all the time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cambodia has been patient long enough and the more bilateral talk Cambodian leaders have with the Thai leaders and it only triggers more Thai army naked aggression on Cambodia! Cambodia must take matter with the United Nations Security Council now!!!!!!
The reason Hun Xen can't bring the Cambodia-Thai border conflict with UN because Hun Xen has a history of hating the UN. The UN is playing a hardball with Hun Xen and that is to force to him to talk with the Thai leaders.
The UN is fucking Hun Xen over!ahahahh
Let's open New chapter of the 21th Century the new beginning of our destiny to unlock our freedom and to achieve our goal for the young generation of the Kingdom of Cambodia.This is my Point Of View,Thank you!!!!...May bless you all.
I'm Khmer-American, and I'm not taking any side. During the Vietnam war, American bombed Cambodia, because Sihanouk secretly helping the Vietcongs. Remember where was the HO CHI MINH TAIL? It was authorized by Sihanouk and it was deep inside of Eastern Cambodia. Please read the book "My War with the CIA". Sihanouk put Cambodia as a NEUTRAL STATE, but he never behaved like a NEUTRAL LEADER either. Sihanouk liked to play with politics. When you are small and weak as Cambodia, you should have stayed out of Vietnam war!
However, most American politicians in Washington and American people feel guilty or remoarse greatly for Cambodia. There are books written by American people that criticized the secret bombing of Cambodia. Also America always there for Khmers. There are close to 300,000 Khmer refugees living in the USA today. And the number is keep increasing!
Now do you think CHINA or their people would able to justify the suffering of Cambodian people? The answer is NO, they are still doing it today for example "DAFUR".
And how many Khmer did CHINA rescue from the flames that inflicked by them? The Answer is NONE!
I hope most people out there understand. What American did to Cambodia in the 60s or 70s was copletely wrong, but we American took full responsible for it unlike others.
Take care Khmers,
Regards,
Khmer Central NY
To 9:17AM
May I reminded you that at this time Vietnam was divided into North Vietnam which the communist supported by the Soviet Union and China and South Vietnam capitalist support by the American and the west!
You see only one side of the coin! Did you ever ask yourself a question what force King Sihanouk to allow the Vietcong to use HO CHI MINH TRAIL in Cambodia? Do you think that King Sihanouk has the power to stop the Vietcong from using Cambodian Territories to fight the South Vietnamese army? Both the North Vietnamese namely the Vietcong and the South Vietnamese army were using Cambodia to fight their dirty war! At the end, King Sihanouk was powerless to do anything and so he invites the North and the South Vietnamese to kill each other on Cambodian soil!
As a matter of fact, King Sihanouk was dying to stay out the Vietnam War that is why King Sihanouk insists on Cambodian neutrailty!
Check it out!
http://www.psywarrior.com/CambodiaPsyop.html
Right on 9:17am! Who supported the tens and thousands of Khmer immigrants all these years? Who gave them food, shelters, and education to all of us that live there? Now, name all the countries that wld do all of this for us? Support all of us till we're able to stand on our feet or till the kids turn 18 years old? How ungrateful people are. Not all American approved of the bombing. U cannot condemn the entire nation for the fault of it's leader.There were thousands of protestors. David Chandlers wrote some good books which have lots of interesting facts. Go read it and probably it will shed some lights on all of u people.
Anyhow, how long will this hating go on? Are u going to be like the Blacks who condemn the Whites for their poverty and livelihood, when slavery ended since 1862? We cannot forget the past, but it wldn't do us good to hold the grudge forever. We need to concentrate more on peace, rather than, shedding blood.
Without American intervention in Indochina the Vietnam War and the extensive carpet bombing of Cambodia which help bring the Khmer Rouge to power and ultimately create the genocide in Cambodia killing million of Cambodian people!
Why American government has to destroy Cambodia in order to save Cambodia?
I thank American government for helping some Cambodian people to live in America but majority of Cambodian people were not that lucky and sometimes these so called Cambodian-American forget that they are the survivor of the killing field! I believe American government did some horrible thing to Cambodia to allow Cambodian to come to America!
Cambodia has suffered more than any other countries in the world due to cold war between the US and the Soviet Union!
True 4:11p.m. It was president Nixon who really fought the Communist War. He did everything to win and it didn't matter, if we were going to hell or not, but it was The American people who voted to stop the suffering. It was enough. Perhaps, it was more than enough. We should not blaim all on The American, blaim it on our stupid and strange leaders from the jungle. You know who....They didn't need to evacuvate us from our homes or town or city and if they did. So what reverse it! Let us going back homes. Let's rebuild our lives. They didn't need to starve us to death or prohibit us from everything. That was the most stupid stupid thing they ever did. The real suffering, you and i know, it was not from the bombing. May be it did, but it only hit a small percentage to the population along the border. Most were very unpopulated areas, but the majority were the bunkers or caves of the vietcong. The one that died the most horrible death and in millions were the one that got janked out of their homes and sent off to die in the rice fields. Those people had little thing thing to eat. They were weak and sick and dying one by one. Beside, who would have dared to do anything when you are not well or about breath the last breath of your life. Do we have gun or anything to protect us? None and Zero my friends. That how those jungle apes had all the power to themself. The Khmer Rouge the Pol Pot The Kiev Samphon The Noun Chea and the Bastard Ing Sary should never never have done such horrible things to us. They should have known better that were were their people. Without us what are they going to do? the American knows it, the world knows it and we knows it. Let's get all the bastarts in jail first and we'll talk some more.
Just in case you forget or miss anything, let's remind ourself that during the Presidency of President Jimmy Carter of The United States that we were saved and got pulled out from hell to go living in America and during the Presidency of President Ronald Reagan that the ???? Vietnam left our country and The Evil Empire of The Soviet Union Collaped. Why the also evil Empire of Vietnam did not. We don't really know. Just so that we sort our feeling out and move on for the better tomorrow.
Those 5 or 6 Bastard were the one that drove everyone in the country insane. King Sihanouk is lucky, because he quited soon enough. No one really ever heard of him during those darkest time. We also know that President Richard Nixon had resigned from the office around the end of 1974 or don't we?. He was gone and out of the picture. Therefore those bitterness about the American should also go.
To the world North Korea, Iran, Iraq or Afganistand are ugly. Their leaders don't know whata hell they were doing. They treat their people like shit! Sure they are nice to few hypocrips. So who cares? they can go to hell for one and for a change. Does the American want to talk to an ugly leader like that? Please excuse them. They weren't lop ( or stupid ) like those people think they were. Most people know that there is much more to being noble and respectful Nation than to being an ugly to their own people and how can anyone want to be nice to them when they cann't even be nice their own people? Most of you here that still keep defending the ugly are dumb and out of your God Damm mind.
Afganistan in the old day or right before iraq and saddam Hussien's time had dedicated their country to harvest those terrorists which were trained to kill and slaughtered the American. That why they got bombed down to the ground and the new Afganistan is born. You can go across the Ocean to smash airplan into th eworld trade towers in NY or the Pantagon in Washington for no reason. You deserve to pay for your ugly act and that what they got. There is no sorry for the ugly ass!
Today is Sept-17-2008,I want everybody to say thank you to mom,dad,brothers,sisters and everybody around you. and smell the fresh airs.Lets me repeat myself again,Let's Open a new chapter of the 21th Century; A new beginning of our New destiny to unlock our Freedom and to achieve our goal for the Young Generation of the Kingdom of Cambodia.This is my Point Of View(I am khmer).Thank you!!!...May God bless yo all.
To 9:30PM
There is no connection between the terrorists attack on the world trader center and the Pentagon with Saddam Hussein. As a matter of fact most of the terrorists were the Saudi and Egyptian! Don't you think it is logical for United States to attack Saudi Arabia instead of attacking Iraq for the attack on the world trade center and the pentagon?
By the way, after the invasion of Iraq and US military still can't find the nuke which Saddam Hussein claimed to have!
Check it out!
http://www.welfarestate.com/911/
Egyptian government & The Saudi did not give The US a hard time for finding or fighting the Terrorist, but the stupid Saddam did. For whatever reason he just don't give damm. That means he is no good. He has to go. The American gave him so many days tolive the country. So that everyone can go in and inspect what really went on in Iraq. He won't leave. It either his self pride or just paln being stubborn. The man had a record of poison his own people with dangerous chemicals. It's better safe than sorry...to le thim live until today and those billions $$$ that he sucks from oil and from the Iraqui people will go to support his ugly act and who knows what would happen next??? Saddam was bad cancer tumor that needed to go and he was going bye bye! Only stupid people trust the sucker.
Egyptian government & The Saudi did not give The US a hard time for finding or fighting the Terrorist, but the stupid Saddam did. For whatever reason he just don't give damm. That means he is no good. He has to go. The American gave him so many days to leave the country. So that everyone can go in and inspect what really went on in Iraq. He won't leave. It either his self pride or just plan being stubborn. The man had a record of poison his own people with dangerous chemicals. It's better safe than sorry...to le thim live until today and those billions $$$ that he sucks from oil and from the Iraqui people will go to support his ugly act and who knows what would happen next??? Saddam was a bad cancer tumor that needed to go and he was going bye bye! Only stupid people trust the sucker.
To 11:00PM
Whatever!
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