Monday October 20, 2008
WASSANA NANUAM AND PRASIT TANGPRASERT
Bangkok Post
Truce talks between Thailand and Cambodia will go ahead despite its original schedule being postponed, according to Second Army commander Wibulsak Neepal.
Lt-Gen Wibulsak was supposed to meet his counterpart, Cambodian Fourth Army chief Gen Chea Mon, at a meeting of the Thai-Cambodian Regional Border Committee (RBC) tomorrow, but it has been deferred.
A source at the Foreign Ministry said the ministry was informed by the army that Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tea Banh had asked for a postponement.
It is believed that the deferment arose from concerns that no agreement would be reached on the border dispute if the meeting took place on schedule.
"The meeting will now go ahead in Siem Reap from Oct 23-24," said Lt-Gen Wibulsak.
Deputy Second Army commander Thawatchai Samutsakorn briefed army chief Anupong Paojinda on the latest developments on the border issue in Bangkok yesterday during a rehearsal of the funeral procession for Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana.
The deputy commander denied Cambodia had asked to postpone the RBC meeting.
He insisted no date had been set by either side and the Cambodian government has said it was not ready to come to the talks until there was "clarity" in related policies from both countries.
But Lt-Gen Wibulsak said in Nakhon Ratchasima early yesterday that the meeting would discuss border skirmishes last week and the redeployment of both countries' troops.
The agenda, however, would exclude the demarcation dispute because there is a separate committee to deal with the matter.
Lt-Gen Wibulsak said the situation at the border dispute's hotspot of Preah Vihear temple opposite Si Sa Ket province remained normal.
Thai and Cambodian soldiers had been in close contact and were on friendly terms.
The commander ruled out a withdrawal of the Thai troops from the border and he declined to say where any armoured reinforcements might be sent.
Deploying tanks would boost military readiness in case of a breakdown in negotiations.
Lt-Gen Wibulsak said the best way out of the border problem is through dialogue, and the conflict could easily spin out of control without it.
Maj-Gen Thawatchai has sought Gen Anupong's permission to rotate the soldiers deployed to the disputed border zone after learning the troops were becoming stressed.
Air force chief ACM Itthiporn Supawong said he recently met Gen Anupong to discuss strategies to contain the border tension.
He did not elaborate.
But he said manpower and equipment are on standby around the clock at Wing 1 in Nakhon Ratchasima and Wing 21 in Ubon Ratchathani in case of a military offensive on the border.
Lt-Gen Wibulsak was supposed to meet his counterpart, Cambodian Fourth Army chief Gen Chea Mon, at a meeting of the Thai-Cambodian Regional Border Committee (RBC) tomorrow, but it has been deferred.
A source at the Foreign Ministry said the ministry was informed by the army that Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tea Banh had asked for a postponement.
It is believed that the deferment arose from concerns that no agreement would be reached on the border dispute if the meeting took place on schedule.
"The meeting will now go ahead in Siem Reap from Oct 23-24," said Lt-Gen Wibulsak.
Deputy Second Army commander Thawatchai Samutsakorn briefed army chief Anupong Paojinda on the latest developments on the border issue in Bangkok yesterday during a rehearsal of the funeral procession for Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana.
The deputy commander denied Cambodia had asked to postpone the RBC meeting.
He insisted no date had been set by either side and the Cambodian government has said it was not ready to come to the talks until there was "clarity" in related policies from both countries.
But Lt-Gen Wibulsak said in Nakhon Ratchasima early yesterday that the meeting would discuss border skirmishes last week and the redeployment of both countries' troops.
The agenda, however, would exclude the demarcation dispute because there is a separate committee to deal with the matter.
Lt-Gen Wibulsak said the situation at the border dispute's hotspot of Preah Vihear temple opposite Si Sa Ket province remained normal.
Thai and Cambodian soldiers had been in close contact and were on friendly terms.
The commander ruled out a withdrawal of the Thai troops from the border and he declined to say where any armoured reinforcements might be sent.
Deploying tanks would boost military readiness in case of a breakdown in negotiations.
Lt-Gen Wibulsak said the best way out of the border problem is through dialogue, and the conflict could easily spin out of control without it.
Maj-Gen Thawatchai has sought Gen Anupong's permission to rotate the soldiers deployed to the disputed border zone after learning the troops were becoming stressed.
Air force chief ACM Itthiporn Supawong said he recently met Gen Anupong to discuss strategies to contain the border tension.
He did not elaborate.
But he said manpower and equipment are on standby around the clock at Wing 1 in Nakhon Ratchasima and Wing 21 in Ubon Ratchathani in case of a military offensive on the border.
8 comments:
Where the hell is Scam Rainsy and Kim Sucka in this period of crisis? They seem as quiet as a cat.
As opposition Scam Rainsy and Kim Sucka always said that they are better PM than Hun Sen. We voters want to know how they "WOULD" handle this situation better than Hun Sen. But where are they now, so quiet? in the bunker shitting all over themselves.
Scam and Sucka only know how to criticize Khmer and work to ban foreign aids to Khmer, but when it comes to protect Khmer, they have no ideas. I have lost all my faith in the opposition now, after this crisis and after Scam flip flop his pledge to boycott NA as a result of bribes by Kith Meng.
I repeat this: Now it shows why Cambodia needs Hun Sen. Scam and Sucka are hopeless useless foreign idiots.
I saw Garuda flying across the sky, from which Wing he's from?
Just a joke to ease the stress.
look at this fucker asking for SRP!!! Can't ah cpp handle the situations? Didn't you fuckers won an election? If you want to know about SRP why don't give them a call..... If the SRP had given you advise you fuckers wouldn't give shit about it.
SRP is not running the government, so stop acting so childish that he could make a different in this case. He already condemn ah Siam aggression last week and that is all he can do.
According to Everyday.com.kh there are some parts of Preah Vihear temple were damaged by Siem rockets. Cambodian government must log complain to UNESCO in protest to this event
To the fucker 9:46,Are you just wake up?.Ah kvak HS is Cambodian PM.The opposition Parties want to be quiet and let Ah Kvak HS to handle this crisis situation.3 lives was sacrifice,a bounches of widows and orphans because of ah kvak flip flap policies and his mouth full of shit.He need to step down because he know nothing to handle international crisis but he know how to kill khmer people only.This is the best of ah CPP PM.Bravo CPP members.Long live HS, live until 90 years olds for the best of ah khmer CPP.
ah sen is starting to act like ah riddh and ah nouk.....tough one second then pussy the next second...he's playing around with khmer lives like those before him...maybe those khmer soldiers should march to phnom penh instead....i'll strongly support this.
Show and remind the Thai side at the meeting this week that they are still bound by Paris Peace Agreement they signed with other countries to respect sovereignty and territorial integrity of Cambodia.
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