PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AFP)--Cambodia will press Thailand's foreign minister for a solution to a border dispute during his first official visit to the kingdom next week, a Cambodian government spokesman said Thursday.
Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya will meet Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, King Norodom Sihamoni and other high-ranking government officials during his Jan. 25-26 visit to Phnom Penh, Cambodia's foreign ministry said.
A ministry spokesman said officials including Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong will urge Kasit to help broker an agreement to defuse their sometimes violent territorial dispute as soon as possible.
Soldiers from Cambodia and Thailand clashed on Oct. 15 on disputed border land near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple, leaving four soldiers dead.
"We expect him (Kasit) to be flexible and positive on the border," spokesman Koy Kuong said, adding that the Thai foreign minister had pledged a peaceful solution in a call to his Cambodian counterpart last month.
Thai foreign ministry officials weren't immediately available to confirm Kasit's trip.
Kasit was one of the most controversial appointments when new Thai premier Abhisit Vejjajiva named his cabinet on Dec. 20 because of his role in protests, which closed Bangkok's airports in November and December.
Kasit, a staunch nationalist, has criticized the previous government's handling of the crisis with Cambodia.
The Cambodian-Thai border has never been fully demarcated, partly because it is littered with land mines left over from decades of war in Cambodia.
The most recent tensions began in July when the Khmer temple was awarded United Nations World Heritage status, rekindling a long-running disagreement over the ownership of the surrounding land.
Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya will meet Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, King Norodom Sihamoni and other high-ranking government officials during his Jan. 25-26 visit to Phnom Penh, Cambodia's foreign ministry said.
A ministry spokesman said officials including Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong will urge Kasit to help broker an agreement to defuse their sometimes violent territorial dispute as soon as possible.
Soldiers from Cambodia and Thailand clashed on Oct. 15 on disputed border land near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple, leaving four soldiers dead.
"We expect him (Kasit) to be flexible and positive on the border," spokesman Koy Kuong said, adding that the Thai foreign minister had pledged a peaceful solution in a call to his Cambodian counterpart last month.
Thai foreign ministry officials weren't immediately available to confirm Kasit's trip.
Kasit was one of the most controversial appointments when new Thai premier Abhisit Vejjajiva named his cabinet on Dec. 20 because of his role in protests, which closed Bangkok's airports in November and December.
Kasit, a staunch nationalist, has criticized the previous government's handling of the crisis with Cambodia.
The Cambodian-Thai border has never been fully demarcated, partly because it is littered with land mines left over from decades of war in Cambodia.
The most recent tensions began in July when the Khmer temple was awarded United Nations World Heritage status, rekindling a long-running disagreement over the ownership of the surrounding land.
10 comments:
Oh plzzzz... let's not magnify the problem any further. Just split all disputed area in half and done with it. No more time to waste. The country need further development, and people need more jobs.
Samdech Hun Sen should cut off the mad dog Kashit Piromya's head and wash Samdech's feet with his blood!
สมเด็จอัครมหาเสนาบดี เดโช ฮุนเซน ต้องตัดหัวไอ้หมาบ้า กษิต ภิรมย์แล้วเอาเลือดของมันมาล้างส้นตีนของท่าน!
Mr. Hun Sen, as PM of the Kingdom of all Khmer will not say some thing like Mr. Kasith Piromya. I am sure, we Khmer still have our "Cultural Value", as nice and friendly People.
Hun Sen should tell Kasit to be
more civilzed in this 20th century. Cutting someone's head off is babaric. The Thai history book about Thai King Naresuon cutting off Khmer king Cheychettha,and used his blood to wash his feet after the conquest of LongVek was a liar or fabrication to glorify Naresuon. Some one else was beheaded by the Thai after the fall of LongVek. Khmer king escaped to Laos a part of Khmer empire.
Why should we split the disputed area in half and call it a done deal, 11:12 PM? It’s Cambodian territory, not Thai’s. You sound like, OK, give half of your house to someone else.
Don’t you have a better thing to say than that? What a moron attitude and comment you got here.
Hun Sen, make ah "eng" ka pear prachea chon Khmers pong voiy. ah Kasit going to soak and cleanse his feet Khmer blood.
Hun Sen just leave your Youns master aside, and lend us a hand from the Thai Barbaric behavior.
11:12pm,
Ah traitor! ah YOUN-SS wanted to give a way khmer lands?? you mother fucking Viet whore mother from CHBAR OM POV! co'z it's not his lands that why!..you stupid son of a bitch!! Ah YOUN living illegally in khmer lands...
You just blamed this blamed that.Did your fucking your both eyes see what happen khmer country in the past and rught now?
You just blamed this blamed that.Did your fucking your both eyes see what happen khmer country in the past and rught now?
You go, mate!
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