BANGKOK, Oct 21 (TNA) – Gen. Chavalit Yongchaiyuth, leader-in-waiting of Thailand’s opposition Puea Thai Party, is visiting Phnom Penh at the invitation of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.Speaking before leaving for neighbouring Cambodia, Gen. Chavalit said it was a trip to visit an old friend.
The Thai-Cambodian dispute over the area around the 11th century Preah Vihear temple may be discussed if the Cambodian prime minister raised the issue as a friend talk, said Gen. Chavalit.
"Cambodia’s relations with Thailand have not changed much but both sides understand some issues in different ways. That’s not a problem," he said. "Relations will improve."
Tensions between Cambodia and Thailand over the surroundings of Preah Vihear boiled over into violence last year when the temple was granted World Heritage status by the United Nations Educational Science and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
Meanwhile, Gen Chavalit and about 50 former classmates of ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra from Class 10 of the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School applied to become members of the opposition Puea Thai party on Tuesday. All had retired from the military.
More retired officials from other classes will later join the Puea Thai party, the one-time Army commander said.
"Everyone wants to spend the rest of their lives to work for the nation without any demand for political position. I clearly said to the Puea Thai (leaders) and members that I want to be neither a prime minister nor have a seat in the cabinet. I’m content to work for the most benefit of the country," Gen. Chavalit said.
"The current conflicts indicate the political alertness of the public," he said. "Compromise and goodwill advice will be very useful to the country. It’s a transition period," Gen. Chavalit said.
8 comments:
this oldfuck called Hun Sen, his old friend, when did Hun Sen made friend with this old idiot...? your people just shot and killed unarmed khmer people again stupid oldfuck!
New faces of Thailand are Chinese. New faces of Vietnam are Chinese. New faces of Malaysia are more Chinese. New faces of Cambodia are more Youn than Chinese and Khmers.
New faces in Phillippines are more Chinese. New faces in Indonesia are more Chinese.
Vietnam conceded land twice to China, 1st 10,000km, 2nd 900km. Now Youn are quietly invading Cambodia.
If youns want to live in Cambodia they must learn how to 1)speak and read khmer 2) follow khmer culture 3) obey cambodian laws. 4) there will be no bilingual whatsoever!
It is hard for some Thais from Khmer and Khmer Mon descents. They feel almost the same as our Khmer brothers & sisters in Mekong Delta.
Look out Yak mour pi srok Siam!!!
This is a smart Thai politic, they wanted to soften up Hun Sen before the ASEAN sumit. To their benefit, Thai want to continue maintaining a bilateral talk and trying to calm Hun Sen down just in case Hun Sen brings up the border issue. As always, Thai are very tricky. PM Hun Sen, you must not fall for the trap.
This is a soft card that thai is using to soften Cambodia after unsuccessive from the hard card because current thai govt. may think that no one of its officials would be welcomed friendly by the Cambodian govt. since recently Kasit flip flop his words, and H.E Hor Nam Hong fed up with the bilateral talks.
According to today news, P.M Hun Sen welcome and prepare house for Takshin if he want to come to cambodia.
From This point, Cambodia must be careful.
Please do not fall into the old lesson, as King Chey Chetha II shared Khmer Territory to youn, while youn was in trouble...............etc.
just share my worry.
Pi khjom, Khmeng Srok Sre.
Our khmer king gave land to the tai. How did they repay us? By declaring war on us and changing their names to Siam and then later to Thailand. When the Vietnam war broke out, Thailand gave us refuge not out of kindness, but because of pressure from USA. Food rations and supplies all came from the Western allies. None of it are from Thailand. How did they treat us in the refugee camps? Badly! The thai soldiers that went around harassing and abusing khmer people in the camps are also of khmer descent. They forced khmer people into land with mines, and shot anyone who turned back. Nothing positive has ever come out when dealing with the thais. Now Hun Sen wants to build a house for the ousted thai prime ministers in hopes of return favors in the future. We all know that history repeats itself.
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