BANGKOK, Oct 16 (TNA) - Thailand's Foreign Ministry is considering to file complaints to the United Nations to investigate whether Cambodia has violated the Ottawa Convention that bans landmine usage by signatory members, according to Chakarin Chayabongse, Deputy Director-General of the Department of International Organizations.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday briefed members of the diplomatic corps about recent Thai-Cambodia border incidents.
Representatives from 64 countries attended the event. They were told of the list of events since early October.
On October 6, while on routine patrol deep inside Thai territory to the north ofPhu Ma Khua Phnom Troap in an area near the Temple of Phrea Vihear, two Thai paramilitary rangers stepped on landmines and lost their legs.
The route taken by the Thai soldiers was known to have previously been cleared of landmines.
The Thai Mines Action Center (TMAC) in response herefore sent a team of officials to investigate and clear the area. The team found a number of recently planted anti-personnel mines in an area nearby.
Upon further inspection, they found recently planted PMN2-type landmines manufactured in Russia -- a type of mine that has never been used or possessed by the Royal Thai Armed Forces.
As Thai paramilitary rangers had never found this type of landmine while patrolling this route prior to October 3, the Thai Government believes that the PMN 2 landmines were planted after the incident.
Mr. Chakarin said Thailand views this development with alarm, as it indicates a serious violation of the Convention on the Prohibition on the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction of 1997 which also known as the Ottawa or Mine Ban Convention to which both Cambodia and Thailand are State parties.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday briefed members of the diplomatic corps about recent Thai-Cambodia border incidents.
Representatives from 64 countries attended the event. They were told of the list of events since early October.
On October 6, while on routine patrol deep inside Thai territory to the north of
The route taken by the Thai soldiers was known to have previously been cleared of landmines.
The Thai Mines Action Center (TMAC) in response herefore sent a team of officials to investigate and clear the area. The team found a number of recently planted anti-personnel mines in an area nearby.
Upon further inspection, they found recently planted PMN2-type landmines manufactured in Russia -- a type of mine that has never been used or possessed by the Royal Thai Armed Forces.
As Thai paramilitary rangers had never found this type of landmine while patrolling this route prior to October 3, the Thai Government believes that the PMN 2 landmines were planted after the incident.
Mr. Chakarin said Thailand views this development with alarm, as it indicates a serious violation of the Convention on the Prohibition on the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction of 1997 which also known as the Ottawa or Mine Ban Convention to which both Cambodia and Thailand are State parties.
10 comments:
a nation of liars and crooks ah siam
According to RFA today, Los Angeless Times had reported a Thai soldier being captured by Cambodian troops while planting new mines on Cambodian soils. If it's true, they can only hide their faces, but not the entire body.
How else do you deter an intruder from crossing your border?
Go ahead stupid yellow coward. then the world will find out that siem was and is in Khmer land. Like you will because legality you have none. Go make more man made holes(Kateuy).
Please do, call in the international panelist of mine experts to come and verify for you that you stepped on Khmer Rough territory and mines, Kampuchea Land. We welcome your honest attempt to solve this problem for us.
So, if Thais armies patrolled the border was on the Thais side, how did the Cambodian army sneak in the plant landmine on Thais land? Were those Thais army patrolled the border with their eyes closed? What is the purpose of patrolling the border? To prevent the other from crossing over.
Thais people, if you going to lay please make sure the story is make sense.
yes, in khmer we call the area phnom troap, not using the siem language. we khmer people have our own language, we don't need the siem language!!!
Any thing come out from Thai mouth are faulty and worthless.
THE FACT IS THAT THE THAI SOLDIERS CROSSED THE BORDER INTO CAMBODIA AND PLANTED THE RUSSIAN-MADE MINES TO FRAME CAMBODIA.
THAIS ARE THROWING THE BRAN AGAINST THE WIND.
NEXT TIME, KHMER SOLDIERS MUST KILL THE THAIS WITH THE RUSSIAN-MADE MINE IN THEIR POSSESSION WHILE TRYING TO PLANT MINES IN CAMBODIA LAND.
TAKE THOSE PICTURES AND DISPATCH TO THE WORLD, AND TO MEMBER-STATE OF OTTAWA CONVENTION.
THAT IS THAT.
Hey dickhead FM, are u fool? how could u become thai FM? members of thai assembly are all stupid n wrong to choose him as a high ranking diplomat. Don bark too much. Your fool low-trained soldiers were blind that's y their legs gone. Hey fool, those were your mines? buried by ur soldier but then stepped on by your soldiers too. what the fuck are all your soldiers!!! go back to re-learn khmer territory.
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