BANGKOK, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva Sunday said he would discuss about the border dispute issue with Cambodian Prime Minister Hunsen during the ASEAN Plus Three summit to be held next week in Thailand.
Meanwhile, Abhisit expressed condolence to families of the two Thai soldiers, who died after Thai and Cambodian troops exchanged fire on the disputed border area on Friday.
Abhisit vowed to quickly solve the ongoing border dispute, which had prolonged since both sides had had different views on the line of demarcation, the website by Bangkok Post reported.
The Thai Prime Minister said as he respected the International Court's ruling after it awarded the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple to Cambodia in 1962, however, he conceded the situation had intensified after Cambodia applied to list Preah Vihear as a World Heritage site.
Abhisit said he would at the same time ensure that Thailand would not lose its territorial right on Thailand's northeastern province of Si Sa Ket, which borders Cambodia.
Also, Thai Deputy Prime Minister overseeing security affairs Suthep Thaugsuban and Defence Minister Pravit Wongsuwan were continually coordinating with Cambodian authorities, Abhisit said.
Thailand will hold the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN Plus Three summit from April 10 to 12 in beach resort Pattaya of Thailand's central province of Chonburi.
Meanwhile, Abhisit expressed condolence to families of the two Thai soldiers, who died after Thai and Cambodian troops exchanged fire on the disputed border area on Friday.
Abhisit vowed to quickly solve the ongoing border dispute, which had prolonged since both sides had had different views on the line of demarcation, the website by Bangkok Post reported.
The Thai Prime Minister said as he respected the International Court's ruling after it awarded the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple to Cambodia in 1962, however, he conceded the situation had intensified after Cambodia applied to list Preah Vihear as a World Heritage site.
Abhisit said he would at the same time ensure that Thailand would not lose its territorial right on Thailand's northeastern province of Si Sa Ket, which borders Cambodia.
Also, Thai Deputy Prime Minister overseeing security affairs Suthep Thaugsuban and Defence Minister Pravit Wongsuwan were continually coordinating with Cambodian authorities, Abhisit said.
Thailand will hold the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN Plus Three summit from April 10 to 12 in beach resort Pattaya of Thailand's central province of Chonburi.
4 comments:
Oh nut. We Khmers have seen a million times. Let's solve new problems with Bhumibol before we dream of having a big cake back. Shissss...
Hun Sen has to stand strong and tell Abhisit that the land sourroung our Temple Preah Vihear is also ours. Thaksin agreed that the land sourroundig our Temple is ours, and it was for a fact. Thaialnd has never lost any piece of land, we Khmers did.
Give our land back that Thais took we will produce Thaksin for Thailand. Abhisit wants to trade Thaksin with nothing? He said he accepted our Preah Vihear is ours but he won't let us have our own land sorrounding it? BS.
remember khmer having easy access to our preah vihear temple is very important o all khmer people. we must stick to the treaty of 1907 map. look at the siem thieve unilateral map they produced, it's purpose was to block access to our preah vihear temple! how clever of them to do that. i think khmer people now are as smart as they were. actually we've been smart all along, it was just we are too polite to do anything about it. now, we woke up and see that if we, khmer, continue to be too polite, it serves us no good; so, we have gotten to change our way to suit our desire to protect our cultural heritage and more... who says we can't learn from the way they are doing business. anything they can do, khmer people and cambodia can do the same. this is a good attitude to have. god bless cambodia.
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