SI SA KET, Oct 20 Asia Pulse - Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat said Saturday he believes negotiations with the Phnom Penh government aimed at settling border disputes between the two neighbouring countries are possible and there is no need to ask ASEAN for help mediation.
Mr Somchai, also defence minister, said what his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen said on Friday in Phnom Penh was considered as a "positive attitude" and since the two countries are neighbours "we have to live in peaceful co-existence in accordance with the wish of both sides".
Mr Somchai said Thailand and Cambodia shared the same idea that differences could be settled through negotiations as the two countries are neighbours.
Negotiations are expected to be held soon, said Mr Somchai.
Second Army chief Lt. Gen. Wibulsak Neepal said he would lead Thai delegates for bilateral talks at Siem Reap province of Cambodia on October 23-24.
The Prime Minster said that Thailand has never trespassed on other countries' territories and the two countries agreed to use talks under the agreed upon mechanisms to sette the border disputes.
Mr Hun Sen on Friday expressed his rejection of the help of mediators or international organisations to resolve a border dispute with Thailand which occurred again on Wednesday. Two Cambodian soldiers died and seven Thai soldiers were wounded during the clashes on that day.
Hun Sen's remarks favouring bilateral talks were a reversal of his earlier calls to resolve the border dispute with Thailand in international arenas.
Mr Somchai's comments on possible negotiations with the Phnom Penh government were made after he had visited a wounded paramilitary ranger, one of the wounded seven soldiers, at a military hospital in Ubon Ratchathani province. During the visit, aimed at boosting the morale of the Thai soldiers, Mr Somchai also handed a gift basket and cash to relatives of the wounded soldier.
Meanwhile, a Thai army private reportedly shot himself by the accident on duty in the disputed area.
Mr Somchai, also defence minister, said what his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen said on Friday in Phnom Penh was considered as a "positive attitude" and since the two countries are neighbours "we have to live in peaceful co-existence in accordance with the wish of both sides".
Mr Somchai said Thailand and Cambodia shared the same idea that differences could be settled through negotiations as the two countries are neighbours.
Negotiations are expected to be held soon, said Mr Somchai.
Second Army chief Lt. Gen. Wibulsak Neepal said he would lead Thai delegates for bilateral talks at Siem Reap province of Cambodia on October 23-24.
The Prime Minster said that Thailand has never trespassed on other countries' territories and the two countries agreed to use talks under the agreed upon mechanisms to sette the border disputes.
Mr Hun Sen on Friday expressed his rejection of the help of mediators or international organisations to resolve a border dispute with Thailand which occurred again on Wednesday. Two Cambodian soldiers died and seven Thai soldiers were wounded during the clashes on that day.
Hun Sen's remarks favouring bilateral talks were a reversal of his earlier calls to resolve the border dispute with Thailand in international arenas.
Mr Somchai's comments on possible negotiations with the Phnom Penh government were made after he had visited a wounded paramilitary ranger, one of the wounded seven soldiers, at a military hospital in Ubon Ratchathani province. During the visit, aimed at boosting the morale of the Thai soldiers, Mr Somchai also handed a gift basket and cash to relatives of the wounded soldier.
Meanwhile, a Thai army private reportedly shot himself by the accident on duty in the disputed area.
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