By I.N.
Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French Alain de Veng
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The two countries mutually expelled their ambassadors last November, following a visit of Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Thai PM, to Cambodia.
Hor Nam Hong is ready to send back “without any condition” an ambassador to Thailand if Bangkok is reciprocating the action. He made this statement on Wednesday 07 April before his departure to Vietnam where a meeting of ASEAN representatives will take place.
“Since the expulsion of the ambassadors, the chargés d’affaires are the one who did the work,” Hor Nam Hong said.
This news comes following the meeting between Hun Xen and Suthep Thaugsuban, the Thai deputy PM, during the meeting of countries belonging to the Mekong River Commission in Thailand, last Sunday and Monday. During that occasion, Hun Xen promised not to allow Thaksin, his economic advisor, to visit Cambodia during the “Red Shirts” demonstration in Bangkok.
Abhisit Vejjajiva, the Thai PM, was quoted by The Nation as saying that Thai diplomacy will work on this issue “step by step.”
When asked by Cambodge Soir Hebdo, Chea Vannath, an independent observer, believed that the re-establishment of diplomatic exchange between Cambodia and Thailand was “good news.” “This will undoubtedly allow better protection for Cambodian workers in Thailand, as well as restarting border trades,” she indicated.
The border crisis will “undoubtedly take more time” to resolve.
On 12 November 2009, Cambodia demanded the departure of the first advisor of the Thai embassy in Cambodia, and the Thai ambassador was recalled back to Bangkok one week earlier following the nomination of Thaksin as an “economic advisor” to Hun Xen. Thailand reacted by asking the Cambodian ambassador to leave Thailand within 48 hours.
Hor Nam Hong is ready to send back “without any condition” an ambassador to Thailand if Bangkok is reciprocating the action. He made this statement on Wednesday 07 April before his departure to Vietnam where a meeting of ASEAN representatives will take place.
“Since the expulsion of the ambassadors, the chargés d’affaires are the one who did the work,” Hor Nam Hong said.
This news comes following the meeting between Hun Xen and Suthep Thaugsuban, the Thai deputy PM, during the meeting of countries belonging to the Mekong River Commission in Thailand, last Sunday and Monday. During that occasion, Hun Xen promised not to allow Thaksin, his economic advisor, to visit Cambodia during the “Red Shirts” demonstration in Bangkok.
Abhisit Vejjajiva, the Thai PM, was quoted by The Nation as saying that Thai diplomacy will work on this issue “step by step.”
When asked by Cambodge Soir Hebdo, Chea Vannath, an independent observer, believed that the re-establishment of diplomatic exchange between Cambodia and Thailand was “good news.” “This will undoubtedly allow better protection for Cambodian workers in Thailand, as well as restarting border trades,” she indicated.
The border crisis will “undoubtedly take more time” to resolve.
On 12 November 2009, Cambodia demanded the departure of the first advisor of the Thai embassy in Cambodia, and the Thai ambassador was recalled back to Bangkok one week earlier following the nomination of Thaksin as an “economic advisor” to Hun Xen. Thailand reacted by asking the Cambodian ambassador to leave Thailand within 48 hours.
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