BANGKOK, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's House Speaker Chai Chidchob said Monday the Thai government can revoke a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on overlapping maritime boundaries in the Gulf of Thailand signed with Cambodia in 2001.
Any bilateral agreement with a foreign country can be endorsed or revoked by a government, the House Speaker said, Thai News Agency reported.
However, the government has to report such the endorsement or cancellation on any bilateral agreement to the parliament, Chai said.
The Thai Foreign Ministry announced Friday it will propose the cabinet meeting on Tuesday to cancel the MOU on overlapping maritime boundaries.
The MOU was signed by then-Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai and Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister Sok An on June 14,2001, under the Thaksin Shinawatra-led Administration.
This joint agreement enables Thailand and Cambodia, which share26,000 square kilometers of the overlapping maritime area, to jointly develop oil and gas.
The planned MOU revocation by the Thai government occurred after the Cambodian government on Nov. 5 announced recall of its ambassador to Thailand in a move to respond to the Thai government' s recall of its ambassador Mr. Prasas Prasavinitchai to Cambodia.
The diplomatic retaliation between the two countries occurred after Thaksin was officially appointed as adviser of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Royal Government of Cambodia King Norodom Sihamoni.
Thaksin was ousted by the military coup in September 2006, in accusation of corruption, and has been kept in exile since then.
He returned to Thailand in February 2008 to face corruption charges, but he later fled into exile again and was convicted in absentia.
Any bilateral agreement with a foreign country can be endorsed or revoked by a government, the House Speaker said, Thai News Agency reported.
However, the government has to report such the endorsement or cancellation on any bilateral agreement to the parliament, Chai said.
The Thai Foreign Ministry announced Friday it will propose the cabinet meeting on Tuesday to cancel the MOU on overlapping maritime boundaries.
The MOU was signed by then-Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai and Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister Sok An on June 14,2001, under the Thaksin Shinawatra-led Administration.
This joint agreement enables Thailand and Cambodia, which share26,000 square kilometers of the overlapping maritime area, to jointly develop oil and gas.
The planned MOU revocation by the Thai government occurred after the Cambodian government on Nov. 5 announced recall of its ambassador to Thailand in a move to respond to the Thai government' s recall of its ambassador Mr. Prasas Prasavinitchai to Cambodia.
The diplomatic retaliation between the two countries occurred after Thaksin was officially appointed as adviser of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Royal Government of Cambodia King Norodom Sihamoni.
Thaksin was ousted by the military coup in September 2006, in accusation of corruption, and has been kept in exile since then.
He returned to Thailand in February 2008 to face corruption charges, but he later fled into exile again and was convicted in absentia.
7 comments:
FYI: Thaksin will arrive Cambodia today at 1645 by his private jet from India.
Thailand is a crybaby. Since Cambodia can't give them what they want they crying and defying.
Thailand needs to grow up!!!!!!!
what is new? Thai alway broke the agreement. The word come out from Thai mouth is so faulty. Broke agreement considered to be a good behavior for Thai, because most of the time, they do things as they please i.e. drew their own map, and use that for Negotiation, funny, take Khmer land, and then negotiate, other things Thai like to do burn Khmer alive, pushed large group of khmer including young children, pregnant women, elderly to the valley of the Deng Reg Mountain that full of land mine. So, we Khmer has no respect for Thai, and our memory long.
Crying or not, we'll see when Thai government convenes on Tuesday to cancel the MOU. After that They can do whatever they want over 4.6Km.area that Cambodia claims as non-overlapping area.
The process of registration of the Preah Vihear as the World Heritage will also be affected during the conflict that is going on between the 2 countries.
Up to this point, I think Cambodia is a loss, or you can see as a gain if you like. I hope Thaksin could help Cambodians and Hun Sen over this economic turmoil.
As for me, I hardly see that Thai government at the moment would agree on Cambodia's measures under Thaksin's advice.
Then, the one who would cry might not be Thais but Cambodians and Hun Sen.
No Way!!
Thailand can't do nothing!
UNESCO is done with Preah Vihear.
If you think Thai can revoke any MoU of anything. Cambodia will have the rights to propose or request to UN with all the provinces taken by the Thai. Will see who lost or gain!!
To Hun Sen (Leader of the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime)
Since you and the CPP assassinated, executed, killed and murdered jurnalists, political opponents, leaders of the free trade union, innocent men, innocent women and innocent children;
Do you have any plan to assassinate the Thai prime minister (Abhisit Vejjajiva)?
Are you going to send Brigade 70 (Hun Sen's Death Squad Unit) to assassinate the Thai prime minister (Abhisit Vejjajiva)?
Is it true, you only kill your own peoples, you will not kill Thai and Veitnamese peoples that cannot get enough of our land?
Is it true, you only kill innocent Khmer peoples with no weapon in their hands?
To 9:07AM
Well Phnom Penh Government will complaint to the International Court ! To complain all Khmer Province you know How many of Khmer sorin living there? All those are the evedent of Khmer land!!
You want to Wipe out MOU by yourself so mean Thailand is the Lawless country !!
Youngdog Abhesip What do u want? Power? Yeah now you got it ! But stop your ambitious now or Bangkor will become worst of the world !!!
Tell the Truth your Thai people that " You are the ethnics of China from Nanchao Area a part china who are worst people that China dismiss from their country and ask KHMER empire to stay for a while but you betray with the one give you the shelter You robbed Khmerland !!
But now 21st Century !!!
Go down Siamese!!
Go to the hell Siamese King!!
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