"Hun Sen had assured [Indonesian President Yudhoyono] he would prevent the situation from escalating and settle it peacefully with Thailand"Jakarta, (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expressed the hope here on Tuesday that Cambodia and Thailand would exercise restraint and be able prevent an open conflict on the border in the spirit of Asean solidarity.
He made the statement upon arrival at the Halim Perdanakusumah from visiting East Java after receiving a report from foreign minister Hassan Wirajuda that the situation on the border between Cambodia and Thailand was tense again and open to the possibility of a military conflict.
"Soon after arriving here I immediately talked with Prime Minister Hun Sen on the latest situation on the border. I hoped no armed conflict would take place and dialogue could be continued in line with the peaceful spirit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean)," he said.
According to him Prime Minister Hun Sen said a worse situation could be prevented because Cambodia also wanted to settle the problem peacefully through bilateral negotiations with Thailand.
"It was also mentioned that tomorrow (15/10) there will be a working group meeting to discuss the conflict," he said.
President Yudhoyono said Hun Sen had assured him he would prevent the situation from escalating and settle it peacefully with Thailand.
"I have also called Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat to convey my worries because if the conflict continues it will become worse. Moreover, now when we are still concerned with overcoming the financial crisis," he said.
He said the Thai prime minister also said that he had a strong will to settle the conflict peacefully.
On October 21, he said, the two countries would also hold a more substantive formal meeting to seek a peaceful solution of the problem.
"I will continue monitoring their good will, moreover Indonesia as one of the Asean founding fathers is expected to be able to help solve the conflict," he said.
Minister Hassan Wirajuda had earlier talked with Asean secretary general Surin Pitsuwan who had also been concerned over the development on the border of the two Asean common member countries.
Pitsuwan who was formerly Thai foreign minister hoped Indonesia could play a more role in preventing possible armed conflicts and would push the two countries to continue their bilateral talks.
Due to the latest development Thai prime minister Sochai Wongsawat had cancelled his plan to visit Indonesia on October 22 and had assigned his foreign minister to come to Indonesia.
On the cancellation President Yudhoyono said he could understand it and hoped the situation would be better.
In the past few months Thailand and Cambodia had disputed an area around an old Khmer temple of Preah Vihear located on the border between the two countries.
The tension escalated in July after the temple was declared a world heritage belonging to Cambodia by the UNESCO, angering Thai nationalists who still consider it their country`s.
The situation led to a military tension with around 1,000 Cambodian and Thailand soldiers facing each other for six weeks before the two sides later in August promised to withdraw.
Talks to discuss the withdrawal of the remaining soldiers from around Preah Vihear Temple scheduled last month were cancelled following a political upheaval in Thailand.
17 comments:
See I told everyone ah jo dump din hun sen is " a barking dogs never bite"
Just give back the temple to Khmer in Thailand. There is nothing to settle.
I think it's a military stragety. A small country like Cambodia needs diplomatic supports before going for a war. It's uncessary since the 80 Thais have already withdrawn. It's ashamed for Thais to accept the fact, but that's OK; the fact is the fact. Just warning is enough at this stage. It's already brave that a small nation could threaten a giant country. International communities understand the situation very well. If Thais believe what they are doing is legal, they would have brought the case to the international court.
6:40 AM
Your greedy spirit will soon perish with you. Go to hell, devil.
When it comes to territorial dispute we all know the Siamese have "zero" credibility. The world has an undeniable record that the kingdom of the Khmer Empire had been established centuries before the Siam came into existence. What else now does this greedy criminal nation, the Siam, want from the Khmer? All that we have lost WILL be returned "in due time", guaranteed.
To 6:40 AM:
Untill your seim soldiers perish like 1987 incident with Loa. 6000 siem soldiers dead and rotten in hell. Khmer will not bow down to your siem thiefs.
Your siem has no legal right anyway that's why still insist a bilateral talk. lose one is shy when lose twice is ashame.
You, khmer, don't get it. You're so dump just like your a jo dump din hun sen pm. Look around youself, see who benefit from cambodia temple like ankor wat. Sok kong get $50 millions a year while you dump poor uneducated khmer don't even get one cent. If you won and Preah Vihear all belong to khmer, who will benefit from it, Sok Kong again, you idiot.
Do you know why I know?. Chea Sophara when he was a governor of phnom penh, he plan to develop and build the road to preah vihear but sok kong against it. Chea Sophara was removed from his post by hun sen after sok kong give millions of dollars to a dump hun sen.
and you a fucken Khmer traitor will next next.
7:48
You're so dump. Look around yourself if you live in phnom penh, khmer peoples are about to be kick out of their homes. So who the traitor here you vietass or me?
Thai keep on sending their solders, now they try to scare us Khmer with their weapon, non are made in Thailand. They have no sustainable capablity. Let them come, we can bring war to their heart land. War does not need to be front and center.
Those Asean leaders do not get it, all they have to do is ask Thai to move out of Khmer land prior to July 15th, everything will be o.k.
Just move the troop. That is it, move those Thai troops out of Khmer soil.
To 7:39AM
Your comments are very disturbing. Listen to yourself! You are sound just like Sok Kong. The point is not about the $$$$$$, the reality is that Preah Vihear has always been belonged to Cambodia. We Khmers want to protect it from the EVIL country like Thailand. Who cares, what Preah Vihear benefits who's? That is up to the Khmers people in Cambodia to decide.
Please don't try to mix up $$$$ and the sake of Preah Vihear.
I don't care what type of Gov't of Cambodia right now as long they protect her sovereighty.
It took the USA almost 100 years to get ride of slavery and became fully democracy country. Please don't compare Cambodia to the West. Cambodia has been thru alots of difficulties and thank god she is still standing today. We all Khmers should appreciate what we have.
UNITED WE STAND KHMERS,
I ALWAYS LOVE YOU.
Regards,
Khmer Central New York
8:12am
I understand very well about love the country. I am not young and I've seen it all. The cambodian traitors and deviders are not ordinary cambodian people, they're dump idiot leaders, cambodian murderer, like pol pot and hun sen.
There are so many khmer patriot soldier sacrified themself for cambodia but they die for nothing. Since you live in New York, If you or other khmer ever go to visit visit cambodia, who are you afraid of most foriegner or khmer murderer lik hun sen?
8:12am
you can't handle the true. 7:39am spoke the true. You should go to cambodia and check about it.
to ah chien(chke) siam don't try to shift the subject to something else. The point here is that you siam are the thief in south east asia. No matter what, war is inevitable.....no one can stop it. Go on to mobilize your navy, army and airforce ah siam dog so you can hold your high tech weapon in your grave. Khmer will settle one enemy at a time......we still have scores to settle with ah youn too....this will happen after ah sen gone.....but at the moment let ah sen our hot head leader teach your thick skull siam.
even though siam got some jet they still dont know how to used them. they probably bomb on their own land before the war starting. stupid siam. bucc siam stupid.
Haha funy, I would suport no side, I refer to war between Laos and Thais at 80's, 6000 Thais soldier died, I remember very well. Only Khmer Rough soldiers invole much in that conflict. Do the math!!!
A true history is just a reminder about the past, we should not repeat the mistak, we should take care what we have and move on. Anger would solve any conflict, we did make a lot of mistake and we never accept who we are. Let keep our great history in our heart, past is the past, Caveman era, sometime we could count as reality. This is just my spirit, I am khmersayray I am sure I love this country the most in my heart I tried to stop all the evil but no one understand, we should learn how to think, talk to who ever around us. Are they real Khmer?
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