BANGKOK, Feb 3 (TNA) - Members of the Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) met here Tuesday after a hiatus of over two months, with an aim of resolving the two nations' ongoing border conflict, especially in the environs of the ancient temple of Preah Vihear.
Meeting in Bangkok, Vasin Teeravechyan, chairman of the Thai-Cambodian JBC headed the Thai side, while Var Kim Hong, a senior Cambodian minister, led the Cambodian negotiators.
Tuesday's meeting was the first since the committee last conferred in Cambodia's Siem Reap province in November, when they agreed to speed to a survey and demarcate the area around Preah Vihear temple. Members of the two neighbours failed to reach agreement then.
The survey and border demarcation teams have moved from Thailand's Trat province bordering Cambodia to start work at Preah Vihear.
Mr. Vasin told reporters that the delegates discussed a possible additional team tasked to survey and demarcate the border. The new team will survey the area from Phusing and Kantaralak districts of Thailand's Si Sa Ket province, while the existing team will survey from Phusing district to Surin province.
The Thai chairman, however, said the issue has not yet to be settled pending recognition on the official name of Preah Vihear.
Cambodia insisted that the ancient temple should be officially recognised as the Temple of Preah Vihear, while Thailand preferred it to be recognised as the Temple of Phra Viharn, or Preah Vihear.
The unresolved issue, Mr. Vasin said, prevented the endorsement of documents from the last JBC meeting, which delays the border demarcation work.
Two Cambodian soldiers were killed in an exchange of gunfire with Thai troops along a disputed section of the border last July.
Tension rose after Preah Vihear was awarded heritage status by the United Nations last year. The International Court of Justice ruled in 1962 that the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple belongs to Cambodia, but the demarcation of the surrounding land remains in dispute.
Thailand insists on using the watershed as the border, while Cambodia maintains that the demarcation of the area must be based on a map drawn in 1908.
Meeting in Bangkok, Vasin Teeravechyan, chairman of the Thai-Cambodian JBC headed the Thai side, while Var Kim Hong, a senior Cambodian minister, led the Cambodian negotiators.
Tuesday's meeting was the first since the committee last conferred in Cambodia's Siem Reap province in November, when they agreed to speed to a survey and demarcate the area around Preah Vihear temple. Members of the two neighbours failed to reach agreement then.
The survey and border demarcation teams have moved from Thailand's Trat province bordering Cambodia to start work at Preah Vihear.
Mr. Vasin told reporters that the delegates discussed a possible additional team tasked to survey and demarcate the border. The new team will survey the area from Phusing and Kantaralak districts of Thailand's Si Sa Ket province, while the existing team will survey from Phusing district to Surin province.
The Thai chairman, however, said the issue has not yet to be settled pending recognition on the official name of Preah Vihear.
Cambodia insisted that the ancient temple should be officially recognised as the Temple of Preah Vihear, while Thailand preferred it to be recognised as the Temple of Phra Viharn, or Preah Vihear.
The unresolved issue, Mr. Vasin said, prevented the endorsement of documents from the last JBC meeting, which delays the border demarcation work.
Two Cambodian soldiers were killed in an exchange of gunfire with Thai troops along a disputed section of the border last July.
Tension rose after Preah Vihear was awarded heritage status by the United Nations last year. The International Court of Justice ruled in 1962 that the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple belongs to Cambodia, but the demarcation of the surrounding land remains in dispute.
Thailand insists on using the watershed as the border, while Cambodia maintains that the demarcation of the area must be based on a map drawn in 1908.
5 comments:
Siamese has short memory span and will do anything to refuse responbsibility.
Cambodia should not ALLOW any other but Khmer Preah Vihear Temple reference only in honoring the historical integrity.
Khmer must insists Khmer land is far beyond French Siam drawn 1908 map. Napoleonic administration or even Viet may have records to prove that.
Israel used refernces in Bible to reclaim land lost to Palestine and Arabs.
Khmer can use same argument to counter Siamese fabricated historical reference under bold hypocrisy.
If Thailand still refuses to recognizes the 1907 border treaty we must go back to the World Court again to have a new court judgement imposed on Thailand for failure to comply with the last 1962 court order. Thailand must pay for indermnity caused by losses due to conflict on the comnon border.
By Potato Digger.
ខ្មែរយើង ហេតុអ្វីក៏ល្ងង់ម៉្លេះ
ម្តេចមិនគូរផែនទីមួយខ្លួនឯង យកទៅបង្ហាញសៀម
ដោយគូរយកខេត្តខ្មែរទាំងឡាយ ដែលនៅជាប់ព្រំដែន ទៅតតាំងនឹងគេទៅ នៅពេល ដែលពួកវាមិនទទួលស្គាល់ផែនទីដែល បារាំងបានគូរ កាលពីឆ្នាំ១៩០៤នោះ។
Do not hold your breath, pal. Thai is going to get what they came for or it’ll be ugly before it’ll get better. It’s going to be hard for Hun Kwack’s team to out maneuver Thai’s theft as a spirit team work.
Svar Kim Hong is dumb as Khmer's territory on the East side was given to Yuon.
សូមទោស!ខ្មែរយើងមិនល្ងង់ទេ។ខ្មែរដើម្បីរក្សាសន្តិភាពក្នុងប្រទេសសំរាប់ការអភិវឌ្ឍន៏ដែលកំពុងតែរីកចំរើនខ្មែរត្រូវទន់ភ្លន់ក្នុងការចរចារព្រោះខ្មែរកំពុងឋិតក្នុងចំណាប់ខ្មាំងសេដ្ឋកិច្ចរបស់ថៃដោយសារតែមិនមានការលើកទឹកចិត្តដល់ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋឲធ្វើពហិកាមិនប្រើទំនិញថៃ។ខ្វះអីទំនិញក្រៅពីប្រទេសថៃដែលមានគុណភាពល្អៗជាងទំនិញថៃទៅទៀត។សូមចងចាំថាលោកមហាត្មៈគន្ធីនៃប្រទេសឥណ្ឌាបាននាំយកឯករាជ្យមកឲប្រទេសលោកដោយលោកបានបំផុសនិងលើកទឹកចិត្តប្រជាពលរដ្ឋលោកឲចូលរួមធ្វើពហិកាមិនប្រើក្រណាត់របស់ប្រទេសអង់គ្លេសដោយប្រើតែក្រណាត់ផាឌិបផលិតក្នុងស្រុកតែប៉ុណ្នោះនិងយករថយន្តម៉ាករ៉ល់រ៉យដ៏ទំនើបនិងថ្លៃបំផុតផលិតនៅប្រទេសអង់គ្លេសមកដឹកសំរាមនិងលាមកស៏ក្នុងទីក្រុង។ទីបំផុតប្រទេសអង់គ្លេសសុខចិត្តប្រគល់ឯករាជ្យឲឥណ្ឌាក្រោមការដឹកនាំរបស់លោកមហាត្មៈគន្ធី។
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