Thai troops inside Khmer temple?MCOT
The foreign ministers of Cambodia and Thailand are scheduled to meet Wednesday in Cambodia’s Siem Riep, aimed at resolving their border dispute. Officials of the two neighbours made it clear they would make it a priority to demarcate territory around the 11th century temple as soon as it was cleared of landmines.
The Cambodain -Thai Joint Boundary Commission or JBC ended a two-day meeting on Tuesday, to draw up an agenda for discussions between their foreign ministers on Wednesday. The talks are aimed at ending a four month military stand-off, which escalated into a shootout near Preah Vihear temple, in mid October killing one Thai and three Cambodians.
The Cambodian-Thai border has never been fully demarcated, in part because it is littered with landmines left over from decades of war in Cambodia. Officials need to be very careful in their survey operation to find boundary posts in accordance with an agreement between the two countries in 2000.
Thai officials from the Royal Thai Survey Department, which is responsible for working with Cambodian officials to conduct the survey, said the border demarcation was a painstaking process.
"Cambodian and Thai officials use the same maps in the joint operation to demarcate the border, but we sometimes have different opinions when we interpret maps and the treaty," Royal Thai Survey Deptartmenet official Col. Chakorn Boonpakdee said.
Thailand and Cambodia share an almost 800 kilometre land border 100 years ago, Thailand and France placed 73 markers along the border from Thailand’s Si Sa Ket to Trad. However, the marker were located far apart and almost half were destroyed or removed. As a result, the two countries have not been able to specify the border line at many point.
In 2006, Cambodia and Thailand started a new survey in line with the Siam- France Treaty of 1904 . According to the agreement between Thailand and Cambodia, the joint survey began in Sa Kaew and would later move north to other provinces including Si Sa Ket, where this year’s border dispute near Preah Vihear temple erupted.
"Our survey operation doesn’t aim to benefit any side but we do it for clear border demarcation and justice of the two sides," Royal Thai Survey Deptartmant official Col. Pratya Nakhonkao said.
The joint survey so far had found 48 of the 73 century old boundary posts and now the survey was under way in Trat.
The Cambodain -Thai Joint Boundary Commission or JBC ended a two-day meeting on Tuesday, to draw up an agenda for discussions between their foreign ministers on Wednesday. The talks are aimed at ending a four month military stand-off, which escalated into a shootout near Preah Vihear temple, in mid October killing one Thai and three Cambodians.
The Cambodian-Thai border has never been fully demarcated, in part because it is littered with landmines left over from decades of war in Cambodia. Officials need to be very careful in their survey operation to find boundary posts in accordance with an agreement between the two countries in 2000.
Thai officials from the Royal Thai Survey Department, which is responsible for working with Cambodian officials to conduct the survey, said the border demarcation was a painstaking process.
"Cambodian and Thai officials use the same maps in the joint operation to demarcate the border, but we sometimes have different opinions when we interpret maps and the treaty," Royal Thai Survey Deptartmenet official Col. Chakorn Boonpakdee said.
Thailand and Cambodia share an almost 800 kilometre land border 100 years ago, Thailand and France placed 73 markers along the border from Thailand’s Si Sa Ket to Trad. However, the marker were located far apart and almost half were destroyed or removed. As a result, the two countries have not been able to specify the border line at many point.
In 2006, Cambodia and Thailand started a new survey in line with the Siam- France Treaty of 1904 . According to the agreement between Thailand and Cambodia, the joint survey began in Sa Kaew and would later move north to other provinces including Si Sa Ket, where this year’s border dispute near Preah Vihear temple erupted.
"Our survey operation doesn’t aim to benefit any side but we do it for clear border demarcation and justice of the two sides," Royal Thai Survey Deptartmant official Col. Pratya Nakhonkao said.
The joint survey so far had found 48 of the 73 century old boundary posts and now the survey was under way in Trat.
3 comments:
Yes, why are they in Preah Vihear compound?
If there are land mines, obviously they will be on Cambodia's soil. The actual border line has no land mines and it is much farther inside the territories occupied by Thailand right now.
Some points to consider:
- Where was the white-zone or no-man zone before the border dispute and military standoff between the two countries? And after the negotiatons?
- Siam doesn't agree to use the "map internationally recognized". What does this mean? Seek concession from the khmer government? And why do Cambodia needs to negotiate? On what objectives?
- The results from negotiations and any practices must get approval from the Siam Paliament! That means Siam seeks the ONLY the advantages from the negotiation and neglecting the map internationally recognized, THIS AMBITION WILL YIELD SUCCESSFUL ULTIMATE RESULT FROM THE STUPIDY OR SECRET AGREEMENT MADE BY CAMBODIA SIDE!
Conclusion:
- Siam has the evil-intention to seek advantages from the negotiations. And it means that the more negotiations the more and more white-zones entering Cambodia soil. And if THE SO-CALLED NEGOTIATION IS NOT THE ACT OF CEDING LAND TO FOREIGN COUNTRY, WHAT IN BETTER TERM SHOULD IT BE CALLED?
"In good intention and wisdom we follow."
Tell me if I am wrong.
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