DPA
Phnom Penh - Cambodia said Wednesday that it was forced to bypass the 10-member Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) as a mediator in a violent border dispute with neighbouring Thailand because the Thais currently held the chair, making it partial. At a press conference with Foreign Minister Hor Namhong broadcast on national television, and to which most foreign diplomats to Cambodia were summoned, Hor Namhong again alleged Cambodia was being provoked and said it would seek an impartial international mediator.
"Thailand is the current chair of the ASEAN," Hor Namhong said, announcing that without drastic changes, Cambodia would go to a higher international body for a resolution because of that.
ASEAN nations rotate the chair annually and Thailand, the current chair, is scheduled to host the bloc's summit in December.
Cambodia last month questioned Thailand's suitablility as chair owing to ongoing political instability and bilateral border tensions.
Hor Namhong also raised the official death toll of Cambodian troops at a border shoot-out earlier in the day to two from just one, and said two Cambodians were also wounded.
"Thailand started (the border dispute). Cambodia will continue it if necessary," he told journalists. "Cambodia will continue to use the utmost restraint but reserves the right to self defense."
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday he would go to war rather than allow what Cambodia believes is sovereign territory and Thailand maintains is disputed to be violated.
Cambodia said Wdnesday's shootout occurred about 2 kilometres away from Phreah Vihear, an 11th Century Hindu temple that has been disputed by the two neighbouring countries for decades.
A similar skirmish occurred at the same site on October 3 that left two Thai soldiers and one Cambodian wounded.
Thai residents along the border have been told to evacuate in case of an escalation in the fighting, according to local media reports, and Cambodian authorities said all local residents had also fled.
Land adjacent to the temple compound, including its main entrance on the Thai side, has been claimed by both countries.
The border conflict was calmed in August when both sides agreed to settle the matter through bilateral talks held by a joint border committee but those talks have since stalled amid Thailand's chaotic domestic political situation.
"Thailand is the current chair of the ASEAN," Hor Namhong said, announcing that without drastic changes, Cambodia would go to a higher international body for a resolution because of that.
ASEAN nations rotate the chair annually and Thailand, the current chair, is scheduled to host the bloc's summit in December.
Cambodia last month questioned Thailand's suitablility as chair owing to ongoing political instability and bilateral border tensions.
Hor Namhong also raised the official death toll of Cambodian troops at a border shoot-out earlier in the day to two from just one, and said two Cambodians were also wounded.
"Thailand started (the border dispute). Cambodia will continue it if necessary," he told journalists. "Cambodia will continue to use the utmost restraint but reserves the right to self defense."
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday he would go to war rather than allow what Cambodia believes is sovereign territory and Thailand maintains is disputed to be violated.
Cambodia said Wdnesday's shootout occurred about 2 kilometres away from Phreah Vihear, an 11th Century Hindu temple that has been disputed by the two neighbouring countries for decades.
A similar skirmish occurred at the same site on October 3 that left two Thai soldiers and one Cambodian wounded.
Thai residents along the border have been told to evacuate in case of an escalation in the fighting, according to local media reports, and Cambodian authorities said all local residents had also fled.
Land adjacent to the temple compound, including its main entrance on the Thai side, has been claimed by both countries.
The border conflict was calmed in August when both sides agreed to settle the matter through bilateral talks held by a joint border committee but those talks have since stalled amid Thailand's chaotic domestic political situation.
12 comments:
Daddy UN please help us poor Khmers who fired the first shot to Thais.....
Daddy UN please help us lying Khmers who captured Thai soldiers...
Daddy UN please help us planting more new land mines to bomb the Thai soldiers.
Daddy UN please believe us monkey Khmers.
You step inside my house un-invided then I shoot your head first. What's wrong with that, dog(siem)?
At least my daddy UN is not a ladyboy like your daddy, LOL.
10:48 PM,
That is a good one. Daddy UN, is better than Daddy he-she or that stupid King and Queen of Thailand.
ah syam(black slave) we enslaved you for hundreds of years, and soon we enslave you again.
To All SIAMS!!!
Listen to me ,man!! You must know who you are where you are from.
You must learn the history from other countries in the world except your thailand, then you will know the answers to my questions.
In fact, you were orriginally a group barefoot monkeys migrating with fear from southern China in the 13rd century to Great Khmer Empire.
In short, SIAMS are generally called or named " Thieves" by Khmer people. More, SIAMS have nickname "Ungrateful Crocodiles", as they have everthing today from Cambodia. In Khmer, "You KEOT CHEHN PI KDOR KHMER", meaning in English " You become SIAMS due to Khmer sperm".
As you know, you copy or steal, I can say, my ,culture, language, customs, way of living and all things.
Iam sorry for those KHMER-blood citizens living under SIAM authorities. They still Khmers!! They want to kill SIAMS who have taken their land, but they have no means.
YOu SIAMS must see your charactersitics below. SIAMS are:
1. Thieves
2. Greedy
3. envious
4. ungrateful (like crocodles)
5. Dogs bark back to their Master
6.belligenrent
If you are real Buddhist follwers, tell your poeple to make merit not commit sins.
Khmer people
It's about time the bully gets judgment from world community. If Thailand was a good neighbor, it would not squirrel over a small piece of land; which could have mended the relationship of the two countries. Clearly, this Thai barbaric is not friend to Cambodia as they are the chief of inventing history and painted their neighbors black.
It's time to bring the monkeys in Cambodia to justice.
Cut the heads of the ten that we are just got ,send it back to That mother fucker king of devil Adon Yadet for justice and also the souvenir.
Go down Thai Land
All of 10 captured Thai soldiers must be paid for the live of two dead Khmer soldiers. Send them immediatly to the capital.
10:48 PM
This lady boy already fucked your mom and sis during the escape!
So my son, did you learn something?
SIAM IS LIKE A GOG.
THEY FUCK THEIR MATHER.
ESPECIALLY THE OLD FUCKING THAI KING !
That is still a lot better than Viet in Cambodia pretended to be Khmer to try to steal the temple from Khmer people in Thailand.
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