Thursday, November 27, 2008

Cambodia will not raise the issues of border disputes with Thailand during the Asean Summit

Many bilateral talks in the past, like this one, did not yield any fruitful results.

By Zakariya
25th November, 2008
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Khmerization

A Cambodian official has said that Cambodia will not put the Khmer-Thai border disputes on the agenda of the upcoming 14th Asean Summit.

The Secretary of State and the spokesman for the Council of Ministers, Mr. Phay Siphan, said that Cambodia wants to leave the Khmer-Thai border disputes to be resolved in bilateral talks by using the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2000.

Mr. Phay Siphan said: “The foundation of this policy has been proclaimed by Samdech Decho (Hun Sen) since the beginning of the new mandate (of this government). The international community as well as the United Nations and other countries have urged us (Cambodia and Thailand), even the messages from ASEAN, to resolve the disputes bilaterally.”

But Mr. Son Chhay, leader of a group of opposition parliamentarians, has urged the government to put the Khmer-Thai border disputes on the agenda of the Asean Summit, hoping that Asean can help to resolve these disputes.

Mr. Son Chhay said: “It is necessary that we put these disputes on the agenda of this summit in order to have a participation from other members of Asean to push for a resolution. In this way, the Cambodian side has an aspect of a legal victory if we involve the international community in this case.”

Please note that, in the past, some members of Asean such as Malaysia and Indonesia, wanted to mediate but the Cambodian government has refused to accept their offers of mediation.

Mr. Son Chhay said that, if the government did not put the Khmer-Thai border disputes on the agenda of the Asean Summit, he will write a letter requesting the government to come to explain to the parliament.

Mr. Son Chhay said: “If there is any secrets that cannot be revealed publicly, they (the government) can just reveal them to the parliament when we summon them to explain to the parliament about the Preah Vihear issues.”

Mr. Phay Siphan, spokesman for the Council of Ministers, said that the reasons the opposition wanted to request the government to explain to the parliament shows that the opposition wanted to participate in the resolution of the border problems.

Please note that the Asean Summit will be held in the Thai city of Chiangmai in mid December which will be attended by all the 10 Asean members plus Japan, China, India and South Korea.

Mr. Son Chhay said that many bilateral talks in the past between Cambodia and Thailand did not yield any fruitful results and that the disputes have so far resulted in the deaths of three Cambodian and one Thai soldiers.//

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

There is nothing for Ah monkey from Cambodia to raise. The temple was build for Khmer on the mountain.

Anonymous said...

5:54pm, don't pretend to be Khmer Surin or Thai. You are a Khmer with a Thai head. Are you too ashamed to be Khmer?

Anonymous said...

Yeah, and you should stop pretending to be Khmer also, you Pnong-Indian!

Anonymous said...

Do folks know who Phay Siphann is? He was the former unsuccessful owner of La Lune restaurant in Long Beach. The guy barely write Khmer nor English. What can he do when he in such animportant meeting concerning our national interest? This is just one of Hun Sen lickspittles.

Anonymous said...

Do you know what are you talking about? #5:54PM
What is Khmer? Why?
Is it matter?..Khmer surin,Khmer in the Kingdom of Cambodia and Khmer in Vietnam.
Are you just pretend to be Khmer?

Anonymous said...

foolly signed that khmer land losted to thai control suround the temple .another areas at the border.
this blind by ah HO Hun

Anonymous said...

Speaking in term of flesh and blood, no one is more Khmer than any other Khmer, but when it comes to speaking in term patriotism, let me tell the different mentality betweet Khmer Surin and Khmer Kampuchea Krom: Khmer Kampuchea Krom are more patriotic than Khmer Surin nad you know why, I don't need to give you detailed explantion.

Anonymous said...

Ha Ha Ha.

Ah PHAY SI PHEHH, the loser from Long Bitch.

"Spokesman"! F--K him!

Anonymous said...

Some Khmer in this forum are pretending themself as Thai, what's dick-head! stop fooling around would you. We Khmer should be proud to be Khmer, use your brain you Khmer fool.

Anonymous said...

To all real Khmer in this forum
The guy in 5:54pm is just a Khmer Viet born & rise & educ in PP.This guy was hired by Kheiv Kanhnarith to act a quick respose and stir the situation from Black to white or negatif ideas to any comments on this blog KI.So please don't pay to much attention to this guy.Just leave him alone.He get pay to place his comment on this blog.

Anonymous said...

2:54am, Could you reveal 5:54pm's name? So we can name and shame him. He try to pretend he is Thai. I think he is ashamed to be Khmer. Shame on him.

Anonymous said...

Kheiv Kanhnarith?? man! another oldfuck?? this sonmabitch should fucken retired..you see! this is why cambodian never get any better!! they kept using this oldfart-Chea shit, oldfart-Heng shit, oldfart-Kheiv kancock!!!!



same olshit! same olfart face!

Anonymous said...

Look at this traitor face! he's signed and sold khmer lands...another corrupted military leaders of cambodian

Anonymous said...

Phra Viharn is not Cambodia issue. It belongs to Khmer in Thailand.

Anonymous said...

Again, another khmer, i mean the same one @2:38pm, pretending to be thai. Are you ashamed of being khmer?