The Phnom Penh Post
Thai authorities say Kingdom has failed to offer a plan to guard and preserve disputed temple, but PVNA says plan was submitted months ago.
CAMBODIAN authorities say recent comments from high-ranking Thai officials regarding Preah Vihear temple are just plain wrong.
According to Thailand's natural resources and environment minister, Cambodia was unable to submit a detailed plan for safeguarding Preah Vihear temple to the World Heritage Committee, a charge that the Preah Vihear National Authority (PVNA) denies.
Suwit Khunkitti, the Thai environment minister, claimed that Cambodia now has until February 2010 to send in its conservation plan, according to a report in the Thai daily The Nation.
The acting Thai government spokesman, Panitan Watanayagorn, called the delay a victory for Thailand that would give the country a chance to continue its campaign for joint control of the 11th-century temple, The Nation report stated.
But Hang Soth, the general director of the PVNA, says Cambodia submitted conservation plans to UNESCO on April 4.
"We don't understand why Thai leaders have said Cambodia has until February next year to submit the plan," he said, adding: "We have already submitted our projects.... Cambodians made the temple. Why can't we conserve it?"
Koy Kuong, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign of Foreign Affairs, said the Thai statements are meant to cover up their failure at the UNESCO meeting in Spain, where they were unable to get their challenge to the Preah Vihear listing on the agenda.
"The Thai leaders' comments are just to hide their failure to review the listing," he said.
The director of UNESCO was unavailable to comment.
CAMBODIAN authorities say recent comments from high-ranking Thai officials regarding Preah Vihear temple are just plain wrong.
According to Thailand's natural resources and environment minister, Cambodia was unable to submit a detailed plan for safeguarding Preah Vihear temple to the World Heritage Committee, a charge that the Preah Vihear National Authority (PVNA) denies.
Suwit Khunkitti, the Thai environment minister, claimed that Cambodia now has until February 2010 to send in its conservation plan, according to a report in the Thai daily The Nation.
The acting Thai government spokesman, Panitan Watanayagorn, called the delay a victory for Thailand that would give the country a chance to continue its campaign for joint control of the 11th-century temple, The Nation report stated.
But Hang Soth, the general director of the PVNA, says Cambodia submitted conservation plans to UNESCO on April 4.
"We don't understand why Thai leaders have said Cambodia has until February next year to submit the plan," he said, adding: "We have already submitted our projects.... Cambodians made the temple. Why can't we conserve it?"
Koy Kuong, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign of Foreign Affairs, said the Thai statements are meant to cover up their failure at the UNESCO meeting in Spain, where they were unable to get their challenge to the Preah Vihear listing on the agenda.
"The Thai leaders' comments are just to hide their failure to review the listing," he said.
The director of UNESCO was unavailable to comment.
5 comments:
Cambodia Town
Long Beach, Ca
How Hang Soth became director general of conservative without understanding a simple word of propaganda from Abhisit Vejjajiva' s administration?
The listing of Preah Vihear Temple had done since last year, as
Cambodia as the sole ownership without doubt.
New Phally
This makes Thailand looks as the worst nation on the face of earth how they tell lie to their people. Keep dreaming greedy Thais leaders! People aren’t stupid.
Cambodia Town
Long Beach, Ca
We had all necessary document that were recognized by the international court of justice that Preah Vihear Temple belonged to Cambodia if we take Thai government to the ICJ again, they will be humiliated for being bandits.
New Phally
sounds like another siem thugs' unilateral claim this and that about cambodia again. it got to be siem thugs way all the time. go figure! yeah right! preah vihear is a cambodia temple and needless to say, the surrounding access areas as well. so stop writing in their bias newspaper that only easy access way is from siem thugs' side; not true as we have the international treaty map to show the concrete evidence. only the unilateral siem's claim say such thing!
don't expect khmer to love siem thugs because we will never ever love them, especially if they continue to try to steal lands and temples from us like this! what goes around comes around, of course, needless to say!
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