BANGKOK, Nov 6 (TNA) - Thailand's Minister of Foreign Affairs Kasit Piromya urged the Cambodian government late Thursday to review its decision to appoint convicted former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as personal advisor to Cambodian Premier Hun Sen and advisor on economy to his government.Mr Kasit said Phnom Penh must choose between personal interest and relations and the national interests and relations of the two countries.
He also confirmed the news report that Cambodia had recalled its ambassador to Thailand.
The Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency quoted Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An as saying that "To reciprocate the recall of Thailand's ambassador-designate, the Royal Government of Cambodia decided to recall its ambassador for the time being but regards this only as a temporary measure."
He also told a news conference in Phnom Penh that the Cambodian envoy would be sent back to Bangkok only after Thailand has returned its ambassador-designate to Cambodia.
Thailand recalled its envoy from Phnom Penh in protest against the Mr Thaksin’s appointment. It is also reviewing all existing bilateral agreements and cooperation projects with Cambodia, including the ongoing cooperation which the Royal Thai Government has extended to Cambodia.
Meanwhile, Thai envoy to Cambodia Prasas Prasasvinitchai arrived in Bangkok at 9.55pm Thursday without giving any comment to the media. He reportedly requested the airport authority to provide a vehicle to pick him up at the aircraft.
In related developments, Thailand has stepped up security measures at the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok. More personnel are assigned to provide security at the embassy, including 230 police from various stations under the Metropolitan Police Bureau and anti-riot units for rotated posting to the embassy.
9 comments:
whatever the reason behind the appointment of Thaksin as adviser to PM, I think it is wrong gesture from Cambodia government. It is good to destabilize Thai Government for the sake of revenge on Thailand over Preah Vihear temple dispute. But in doing so, it even creates more and more problems rather then solving them....
Time will tell...
There's no turning back now. I urge PM Hun Sen to scrap JBC and MOU with Thailand. It's high time to take Preah Vihear's issue to UN/IJC without further delay. We must also prepare for full-scale war.
The siam JBC is toothless, and not worth kept. Right or wrong is a matter of judgement, and subjective, personal, biased. What do you, 1st commenter, think of the ...crat siams have been doing -right.
It's time to get the dispute done through international means, forget about this time-wasting bilaterial talk. The siam govt is toothless and can not decide, and even decide, can not bite, excuse for their parliments and the one eye say all the time.
Good moved from Cambodia! Why kissing Thai ass? it's time to Slap Thailand in the Face!! Who care about Thai sealing the border? not only khmer hurt? Thai people too...!
They wants WAR! give them the fucken WAR! we just sit and wait for them show up and fry them like potatoes chips....
Folks! Thailand only bluffing that's all...if khmer go up to UN/IJC Thailand will be a loser!! cambodia got all the weapons on her side...don't worry!
Folks! Thailand only bluffing that's all...if khmer go up to UN/IJC Thailand will be a loser!! cambodia got all the weapons on her side...don't worry!
Well, at-least PM Hun Sen Slap Abhisit in Face with his stinky foots...
All of you are strategically blind. What Hun Sen does is to turn your attention to Khmer-Thai conflict. This is not the real problem. This real problem is that the economy is plummeting. Hun Sen Govt is imposing tax on his subjects (SIC!) who are earning so hard. Second, Hun Sen cuts salary from public workers. Third, illegal demarcation between Viet & Khmer Gov't.
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