29th December, 2008
Kampuchea Thmey newspaper
Translated from Khmer by Khmerization
Thai Foreign Minister, Kasit Piromya (pictured), has on 26th December made public statements for the first time regarding the Preah Vihear issues and regarding his gibe at Prime Minister Hun Sen when he was in the opposition.
Regarding Preah Vihear temple, Mr. Kasit said that Thailand has no intention of reclaiming the ownership of this temple, but Thailand will continue to co-operate with Cambodia to help protect and preserve Preah Vihear. He added that the Preah Vihear disputes will be resolved in accordance with the 1904-1907 Khmer-Thai treaty, in accordance with the 1962 verdict of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two countries in 2000.
In 1962, the ICJ adjudicated to give ownership of the temple to Cambodia. However, the territories surrounding the temple are still in disputes. The new Thai PM, Mr. Abhisit Vejjajiva, when in opposition, accused former Thai Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama for supporting the Unesco inscription of the Preah Vihear temple. He went further by saying that the ICJ only judged to give the ownership of the temple to Cambodia, but the lands around and under the temple belong to Thailand.
A Cambodian official told Kampuchea Thmey newspaper that Mr. Abhisit’s comments were the comments of a person who is ignorant of history by saying that his comments must be ignored. At that time Thai protesters have demanded that the Thai government does everything within its power to reclaim back the Preah Vihear temple. One Cambodian historian described the demand as ignorant and unwise.
Mr. Kasit, who used to be a member of the PAD, said clearly that he will change the resolution of the previous Thai Foreign Ministry. He said that Thailand will continue to negotiate with Cambodia on border issues in the not too distant future.
Mr. Kasit has touched on the subject of his gibe at PM Hun Sen when he was with the PAD. He said that his past comments regrading Preah Vihear and his gibe at PM Hun Sen will not affect the Khmer-Thai relations, especially with PM Hun Sen because he had a close and friendly working relationship with PM Hun Sen for the Paris Peace Agreements since 1989. Mr. Kasit added that PM Hun Sen was the first world leader to send his congratulations to newly-elected Thai PM, Mr. Abhisit Vejjajiva, after his election by the Thai parliament.
8 comments:
"La vie c`est comme la bicyclette:il faut avancer pour ne pas perdre l`équilibre" Albert Einstein
C'est sympa 12:02 AM d'avoir cite quelque chose de Einstein.
Par consequent et parallelement, peut-on dire "qui n'avance pas, recule" n'est-ce pas?
Merci et bonne journee depuis l'Amerique.
AwK (អក)
To PM Abhisit Vejjajiva,
You are a people representative of a democratic society and to hear your statement which pertaining to the Preah Vihear issue, you have no moral value as a leader of a free world. The judgement has been rendered by the ICJ ruling which clearly stipulated that the temples did indeed situated inside of Cambodia, thus the land surrounding just as the land underneath the temple is also belong to Cambodia. Only an ignorant fool would not agree to such ruling. Thailand has ample time to challenge the ICJ ruling, however, Thailand has not done so. This is clearly telling the world that Thailand has accepted the ICJ ruling and that the decision made by the nine judges at the ICJ were and are also appropriate to the problem between Cambodia and Thailand.
I thank you
ST
1:46am, very good comments. i am sure the thai knew very well that preah vihear and lands surrounding the temple belong to cambodia, but they still violate those lands because hun sen and his govt. allow them to. hun sen acted so cowardly because he never care about khmer territories, only care about money and his powers.
If the Paris Agreement mean so much to AH Kasit Piromya and why did he and other Siem leaders dare to invade Cambodia? Cambodian sovereignty was guarantee under the Paris Agreement!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This mother fucker is preaching false peace, false hope, and false stability within the ASEAN community!
If this mother fucker is conducting a crazy dog diplomacy and Cambodian leaders have the right to kill this crazy dog diplomacy to protect its citizen!
Who is in charge of the Paris agreement? Why don't they step their rear ends out and say something? For crying out loud, do they want both Thai and Cambodia to shed their blood first or what???!
No blood has to be spilled. Just leave Khmer people on the mountain alone.
Samdech Hun Sen must cut off the mad dog Kashit Piromya's head and wash Samdech's feet with his blood!
สมเด็จอัครมหาเสนาบดี เดโช ฮุนเซน ต้องตัดหัวไอ้หมา กษิต ภิรมย์แล้วเอาเลือดของมันมาล้างส้นตีนของท่าน!
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