Xinhua
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva Friday handed over to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen one of the seven cross-border smuggled artifacts seized by the Thai authorities.
The hand-over ceremony was held before the opening of the 14th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits at the Royal Cliff Beach Hotel in Pattaya.
The seven artifacts are among the 50 intercepted by Thai customs officials in early 2000 as they were being smuggled from Cambodia across the border into Thailand.
Since then the authorities of both countries have closely coordinated this matter, taking into account the internal legal procedures of both countries.
Finally, on Feb. 24, 2009, the Thai cabinet adopted a resolution to restitute the seven artifacts to the government of Cambodia in accordance with an agreement signed between the two countries to combat against illicit trafficking and cross-border smuggling of movable cultural property and to restitute it to the country of origin which Thailand and Cambodia signed in 2000.
The hand-over ceremony was held before the opening of the 14th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits at the Royal Cliff Beach Hotel in Pattaya.
The seven artifacts are among the 50 intercepted by Thai customs officials in early 2000 as they were being smuggled from Cambodia across the border into Thailand.
Since then the authorities of both countries have closely coordinated this matter, taking into account the internal legal procedures of both countries.
Finally, on Feb. 24, 2009, the Thai cabinet adopted a resolution to restitute the seven artifacts to the government of Cambodia in accordance with an agreement signed between the two countries to combat against illicit trafficking and cross-border smuggling of movable cultural property and to restitute it to the country of origin which Thailand and Cambodia signed in 2000.
7 comments:
About time!!!
If Thailand knows what belongs to Cambodia, they should hand over the land which belongs to Cambodia as well.
They realized that they can't lie any more.
They must teach their young to know the reality.
Khmer/Thai,
in a civil society, humiliation and embarrassment is detrimental to their people's bad intention. let humiliate the crap out of siem!
There are thounsand Khmer Ancient Artifacts in Bangkok National Musuem that Thais should give back to Cambodia. This is just a peak of an iceberg to reflect how much Thais stole Khmer culture including land.
Would you want this statue as part of the collection? no wonder the Thai handed it over just for show.
Thai give one piece of stone, to exchange lands around Preah Vihear...
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