Aug 10, 2010
AP
BANGKOK - THAILAND'S Prime Minister said on Tuesday he would strive to peacefully resolve a bitter border dispute with Cambodia, and outside mediation, as Cambodia has sought, was not needed.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Cambodia's recent appeal to the United Nations to help negotiate is unnecessary because a 2000 agreement between the countries provides the framework for a solution.
He accused Cambodia of causing the problem by moving people onto 1.8 square miles (4.6 square kilometres) of disputed land around the Preah Vihear temple. Both countries have a heavy troop presence in the area, and have had several small but sometimes deadly clashes in the past few years.
The International Court of Justice in 1962 ruled that the 11th century temple belongs to Phnom Penh.
UNESCO named it a World Heritage site in 2008 after Cambodia applied for the status. The country submitted a management plan for the temple recently to UNESCO's World Heritage Commission, which deferred a decision until next year.
Mr Abhisit is under pressure to move aggressively because Thai right-wing nationalists have protested that Cambodian actions there threaten Thailand's sovereignty. They also want Thailand to revoke the 2000 Memorandum of Understanding as jeopardising Thai territorial claims, which Mr Abhisit denies.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Cambodia's recent appeal to the United Nations to help negotiate is unnecessary because a 2000 agreement between the countries provides the framework for a solution.
He accused Cambodia of causing the problem by moving people onto 1.8 square miles (4.6 square kilometres) of disputed land around the Preah Vihear temple. Both countries have a heavy troop presence in the area, and have had several small but sometimes deadly clashes in the past few years.
The International Court of Justice in 1962 ruled that the 11th century temple belongs to Phnom Penh.
UNESCO named it a World Heritage site in 2008 after Cambodia applied for the status. The country submitted a management plan for the temple recently to UNESCO's World Heritage Commission, which deferred a decision until next year.
Mr Abhisit is under pressure to move aggressively because Thai right-wing nationalists have protested that Cambodian actions there threaten Thailand's sovereignty. They also want Thailand to revoke the 2000 Memorandum of Understanding as jeopardising Thai territorial claims, which Mr Abhisit denies.
17 comments:
human shields. Same political tactics that Yuon had been using on Khmer. Only Khmer leaders were psychotic enough to kill their own people.
It is very obvious that the Hun Sen's government should take this opportunity to move toward a multilateral solution to the Preah Vihear problems.
France must be invited to participate in this multilateral discussion of the problem.
Only through multilateral negotiation can Cambodia force the Thais to be reasonable and stop acting as a bully.
It looks like PM Abhisit of Thailand changes his mind about wanting to tear up the 2000 Memorandum of Understanding when PM Hun Sen wants the UN to get involved.
With more people involved the tricks, bad intentions and aggressiveness can be better prevented.
Anet Khmer
cambodia moves in the right direction with the UN body. keep up the good work, mr. hun sen. may god be with you in the name of justice and rule of law, etc... god bless my country cambodia.
god know and advice cambodia to consult the UN body. the UN body can help to solve this issue as it is an international issue involving border dispute, etc... it is best for cambodia to use this god given talent to call upon the UN body for witness and so forth so thailand's pad thugs can think twice before they act stupid like disrespecting the international law, the icj verdict, the intenational treaty, etc, etc... god bless cambodia.
Bring it on Thailand . You said you will force the otherday .
All Cambodians should stand up to defend our land and be prepared to help our motherland.
mr. hun sen, the enemies will try to taunt you and discourage you from leading our country in the right direction. please allow god to guide you in the right direction so this international problem with thailand will be solved once and for all by using the UN security country aka the UN body, etc... god bless cambodia.
We are khmers we must love khmeras and support Cambodia.
Khmers must help and support the Cambodian Government.
I like Khmer but I don't like the government of Hun Sen and I won't support the corrupted government till Hus Sen is out of the office.
Cambodia Town
Long Beach, Ca
We gave Abhisit Vejjajiva the fascist government enough time to settle the diffrence, but the problem have remained the same, so we decided to have other strategy.
New Phally
1:01 PM
If God can help , there will be no war around the world. Your idea is out of date .
Abhi-shit isn't better than a dog
http://thaipoor.blogspot.com/2010/03/abhisit-goes-down-on-dog-and-king.html
did you know siem's weakest point is the UN body? use the UN, cambodia! stop wasting time with siem pad thugs!
Thai-Khmer border dispute! Thai-Khmer border dispute!We see only one side,but we do not look at Khmer-Vietnam border.Vietnam can take any Khmer people land what it wants,but Hun Sen never speaks up.The five Vietnamese illegal immigrants live in Cambodia;they voted for Hun Sen.Hun Sen won every time he wants,but we keep our mouths shut.The rubber plant fields in seven provinces had 99 years contracts. All Vietnamese are living there.The Vietnam did the same thing when it took Khmer Kampuchea Krom.Now Khmer Kandal becomes Khmer Krom.How sad we are!We see only one side,we die because we are never waking up.Thai is afraid of Vietnam.The Vietnam is the world fifth weapons.Vietnam wants to take over Thai.Vietnam has Hun Sen a matchmaker for Vietnam.Hun Sen is close friend to Taksin.
Since Hun Sen was a Khmer Rouge commander, now a Khmer Rouge leader and had many of his political opponents and journalists assassinated, I wonder if he have any plan to assassinate the Thai Prime Minister (Ahbullshit Vejjajiva)?
There are plenty of Thai manipulators in this blog.
How can you tell?
1.They always bring up border in the east with Vietnam to divert Cambodian bloggers attention from the problem at hand, namely Preah Vihear.
2. They mock and cursed Hun Sen.
3. Any issue divisive among Cambodians they bring it up.
I have a theory, the Thai public school system offer a mandatory course on manipulation
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