Ros Chantrabot, Deputy Director of Royal Academy of Cambodia.By Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Washington
13 February 2009
"The government has not brought the question to the International Court at the Hague because that court has jurisdiction only over an earlier ruling on the temple itself, not the land nearby, Ros Chantraboth said." [KI-Media note: How can Ros Chantraboth be so confident on this issue?]Recent border talks between Cambodia and Thailand failed in part because Thai negotiators insisted on using a different name for Preah Vihear temple, an obstacle meant to delay the process, a researcher claimed Thursday.
“The government clearly understands that we can’t change the name, as by law and documents from the past we use only Preah Vihear, even on the Unesco [World Heritage] list,” said the researcher, Ros Chantraboth, vice chairman of the Royal Academy of Cambodia.
In negotiations earlier this month, the Thai side of a joint border committee wanted to call the Cambodian World Heritage site “the Temple of Phra Viharn-Preah Vihear,” a move that hampered talks, the Bangkok Post reported.
“We do not want that to become an excuse in the future,” Ros Chantraboth said, as a guest on “Hello VOA.”
Cambodia and Thailand remain at odds over a small strip of land near Preah Vihear temple, with troops have been amassed on both sides of the border since July. Several rounds of bilateral talks have failed to resolve the conflict, which has led to the deaths of at least three Cambodian and one Thai soldier.
The government has not brought the question to the International Court at the Hague because that court has jurisdiction only over an earlier ruling on the temple itself, not the land nearby, Ros Chantraboth said.
Meanwhile, domestic political unrest in Thailand has made further negotiation hard, because the Cambodians don’t know with whom to negotiate, the new government, the opposition, or the military, he said.
Patience was important, he said, in order to maintain peace and stability in the region.
6 comments:
my goodness!!! it is the terrible sound, if the Hun Sen's Government agree, that will be the stupid...
I used to think Chantraboth is an avant guard in history,but at this point,I see his true color clearly.
What an incompetent! Mon dieu
cut the crap out chantraboth if you don't know what benefits khmer!
let me ask you a few questions:
1( if ever the current gov.t ever cares about temple, how could this gov.t terminate the iniatives of building the road up to temple in 2004?any explaination? and don't tell me and us here the gov.t has any creative plans to promote Preah vihear temple and its vicinity to tourists besides secretly makeing deals with the then-siam gov.t of Thaksin?
the issue is complicated b/c hun sen has been the mastermind with Preah Vihear temple and in case thaksin gov.t is in control, hun sen would not care to build roads or promote preah vihear to tourists as the main beneficiary are hun sen league and cronies.
this analysis has no conflict with Global Witness which claimed that Cambodia is for sale by the current government.
Dick head!
Quote:"In negotiations earlier this month, the Thai side of a joint border committee wanted to call the Cambodian World Heritage site “the Temple of Phra Viharn-Preah Vihear,” a move that hampered talks, the Bangkok Post reported".
Ask Thai Negotiators, can we change the name Bangkok to Moha Norkor?
Bangkok real money making name is bang cock in English.
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