Relations between Thailand and Cambodia, plunged to a new low late last year when Phnom Penh appointed the fugitive billionaire Thaksin (above) as an economics guru. -- PHOTO: ReutersJan 11, 2010
AFP
PHNOM PENH - CAMBODIA refused on Monday to revoke the appointment of former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra as an adviser and said it was up to Bangkok to resolve the diplomatic row between the two countries.
Relations between Thailand and Cambodia, which have fought a string of deadly gunbattles on their border, plunged to a new low late last year when Phnom Penh appointed the fugitive billionaire Thaksin as an economics guru.
Both recalled their ambassadors in November and expelled senior diplomats, while diplomatic tensions soared further when Phnom Penh refused to extradite Thaksin during his first visit to Cambodia.
'It (the appointment of Thaksin) is the sovereign right of Cambodia. Thailand has no right to interfere in this issue,' Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong told AFP in an interview. 'The appointment was made by the king's royal decree, we cannot revoke as (Thai Foreign Minister) Kasit Piromya has demanded.'
'It is not a childish game.'
Thailand's Kasit said in an interview with the Financial Times published on Monday that the two countries could not normalise relations until Cambodia revoked Thaksin's appointment.
Relations between Thailand and Cambodia, which have fought a string of deadly gunbattles on their border, plunged to a new low late last year when Phnom Penh appointed the fugitive billionaire Thaksin as an economics guru.
Both recalled their ambassadors in November and expelled senior diplomats, while diplomatic tensions soared further when Phnom Penh refused to extradite Thaksin during his first visit to Cambodia.
'It (the appointment of Thaksin) is the sovereign right of Cambodia. Thailand has no right to interfere in this issue,' Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong told AFP in an interview. 'The appointment was made by the king's royal decree, we cannot revoke as (Thai Foreign Minister) Kasit Piromya has demanded.'
'It is not a childish game.'
Thailand's Kasit said in an interview with the Financial Times published on Monday that the two countries could not normalise relations until Cambodia revoked Thaksin's appointment.
8 comments:
Kasit has no other option and think he can pressure our only Somdej Ahchor Hun Sen to bow down to their order.
No way!!!
Hun Sen uses national security to play politic game and Khmers could suffer because of wars came from that game.
hopefully the Thai Foreign Minister, Mr. Kasit Piromya understand the declaration.
The appointment was made by the king's royal decree, we cannot revoke as Kasit Piromya has demanded.'
Kasit is being threaten by the former Priminister Tucksin as too many people favour him more, so they could go into another political chaos and therefore, he has to try to eliminate Tucksin from being existed. So, life is always about greed. One that soooo blind instead of doing good they choose to go to the wicked way. when the answer for all is right there " love one another and treat each other equally" But no, always challenge like "I am smarter than you" for what? In the end you can not live past 100 anyway. Wisdom
it is time for Hun kwack sen out from his power, go a head thailand teach Hun sen a lesson on millitary fight who is the winner, see how hun sen handle it.
It is a pity that Cambodia feels the need to employ a known fugitive, someone who cannot stay in the UK for example, because of his criminal record. It is a pity that Cambodia feels the need to employ a man whose family has been convicted of corruption. It is a pity that Cambodia feels the need to employ a man who put the security of his own country in jeopardy by selling vital telecommunications systems to foreign countries, i.e. Singapore.
There are numerous extremely successful businessmen who could help Cambodia, but who have not been convicted of crimes in their own country. Employing Thaksin hardly advertises Cambodia as a forward looking nation.
Any legitimate government would be concerned about associating with such people, but as we know the current Cambodian government has no problem with consorting with criminals - do you really think all the Russian money in KS is clean??? The Russian mafia have been allowed to use one of Cambodia's main tourist destinations as a money laundering and trafficking hub. Do they also allow Thaksin to use Cambodia as a base to destabilise the whole region in order to satisfy the megalomania of a couple of politicians??
"Fugitive"- yes he was the duly elected siting head of state of Thailand when toppled by a military coup. All democratic loving countries should be rallying to his defense as Cambodia did.
KASHIT AND ABHISHIT. A WONDERFUL PAIR THEY ARE!
LONG LIVE, THAKSIN. FREE THE POOR FROM MASSS ENSLAVEMENT BY THE BANGKOK CLICHE
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