SIEM REAP, Feb 16 (Bernama) -- Cambodia and Thailand will try to contain their border dispute and won't let it affect the cooperation in other fields, said Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen here on Monday.
"Both sides have assured that we won't expand the dispute over a piece of land near the Preah Vihear temple into a big conflict between the two countries," the Vietnam news agency quoted him as saying on the sideline of the one-day Business Roundtable hosted by the Economist Conferences.
"We won't plant that dispute into other sectors like culture, tourism, trade, economy and investment, either," he said.
He added that although Cambodia and Thailand had accidents near the temple in last October, Cambodia still imported about US$1.8 million worth of Thai goods in 2008.
Tempers flared on the border after the Preah Vihear temple was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in July, angering Thai nationalists who demanded that the then-government reclaim the territory, including the 11th-century ruins and its surrounding lands.
Rounds of talks were held since then, but with no major achievements due to the political instability in Thailand.
Cambodia and Thailand have never fully demarcated their 805-km border. Only 73 border posts were planted in 1907 and both countries planned to plant hundreds more in the coming years.
"Both sides have assured that we won't expand the dispute over a piece of land near the Preah Vihear temple into a big conflict between the two countries," the Vietnam news agency quoted him as saying on the sideline of the one-day Business Roundtable hosted by the Economist Conferences.
"We won't plant that dispute into other sectors like culture, tourism, trade, economy and investment, either," he said.
He added that although Cambodia and Thailand had accidents near the temple in last October, Cambodia still imported about US$1.8 million worth of Thai goods in 2008.
Tempers flared on the border after the Preah Vihear temple was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in July, angering Thai nationalists who demanded that the then-government reclaim the territory, including the 11th-century ruins and its surrounding lands.
Rounds of talks were held since then, but with no major achievements due to the political instability in Thailand.
Cambodia and Thailand have never fully demarcated their 805-km border. Only 73 border posts were planted in 1907 and both countries planned to plant hundreds more in the coming years.
3 comments:
Cambodia should learn how to live without Thai made products. Assume the borderline is close, and the products are banned from importing, only the Thais will very much loose. Thais rely on export...
The untold reasons why Cambodia backed down from confronting Siam imperialism at the ASEAN,NAM or UN?
Yuon wants to do business with Chin,other hand Chin wants to please Siam, which majority power holders and bank owners are Chin by birth and ancestry.Cambodia som achs were serving Yuon interests since 1930 ICP birth. Ong Sihanouk is the metteur en scences de drama de l'Indochine after 1970.
Abhisit is Hakka from Han, so is Thaksin. Both are dire loyal to root and heritage. In business, Chin in Peking will press Cambodia Samre premier H-in sane to kow tow for somnol pee somnaen pai pee srok Chin.
As long as Cambodia plays defensive,Siam will use ASEAN with Chin hands in its under pants 'till the fat lady owner of bodelo in Krung Thep sings Chin Opera.
H-in sane lacks balls to be a man of guts.
If you voted for CPP (Cambodian People's Party):
Also known as:
Communist People's Party
Khmer Rouge People's Party
Khmer Krorhorm People's Party
You're support the killing of 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples.
You're support the killing of innocent men, women and children in Cambodia on March 30, 1997.
You're support murder of Piseth Pilika.
You're support assassination of journalists in Cambodia.
You're support political assassination and killing.
You're support attemted assassination and murder of leader of the free trade union in Cambodia.
You're support corruption in Cambodia.
You're support Hun Sen Regime burn poor people's house down to the ground and leave them homeless.
These are the Trade Mark of Hun Sen Regime.
Hun Sen, Chea Sim and Heng Samrin are Khmer Rouge commanders.
When is the ECCC going to bring these three criminals to U.N. Khmer Rouge Trail?
Khmer Rouge Regime is a genocide organization.
Hun Sen Regime is a terrorist organization.
Hun Sen Bodyguards is a terrorist organization.
Hun Sen Death Squad is a terrorist organization.
Cambodian People's Party is a terrorist organization.
I have declare the current Cambodian government which is lead by the Cambodian People's Party as a terrorist organization.
Whoever associate with the current Cambodian government are associate with a terrorist organization.
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