PHNOM PENH (Xinhua) - The Cambodian government on Saturday asked the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to mediate Cambodia's border dispute with Thailand.
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hor Namhong on Saturday sent a letter to Pham Gia Khiem, deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of Vietnam, who is the current chair of ASEAN.
In his letter, Hor said "until now, Cambodia has exercised utmost restrain and attempted to find a peaceful solution to the problem bilaterally, but to no avail."
"As the current stalemate has extinguished any hope on further bilateral negotiations and in order to avoid any large scale armed conflict..., I earnestly seek Your Excellency's assistance, as chair of ASEAN, to mediate on the matter under the ASEAN framework either as a whole or on an individual basis involving only certain ASEAN members, in line with the Principles of the ASEAN Charter, Article 2 (c) and (d)," Hor said.
Cambodia and Thailand got into border conflict just one week after Cambodia got the Temple of Preah Vihear registered as World Heritage Site in July 2008. The Cambodia-Thai border has never been fully demarcated, and Thailand continues to stake territorial claims of the 4.6 square kilometer area in the vicinity of the Temple of Preah Vihear.
Hor Namhong reiterated that the Temple of Preah Vihear is situated in territory under the sovereignty of Cambodia, citing the adjudication of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on June 15, 1962.
ASEAN groups 10 countries including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hor Namhong on Saturday sent a letter to Pham Gia Khiem, deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of Vietnam, who is the current chair of ASEAN.
In his letter, Hor said "until now, Cambodia has exercised utmost restrain and attempted to find a peaceful solution to the problem bilaterally, but to no avail."
"As the current stalemate has extinguished any hope on further bilateral negotiations and in order to avoid any large scale armed conflict..., I earnestly seek Your Excellency's assistance, as chair of ASEAN, to mediate on the matter under the ASEAN framework either as a whole or on an individual basis involving only certain ASEAN members, in line with the Principles of the ASEAN Charter, Article 2 (c) and (d)," Hor said.
Cambodia and Thailand got into border conflict just one week after Cambodia got the Temple of Preah Vihear registered as World Heritage Site in July 2008. The Cambodia-Thai border has never been fully demarcated, and Thailand continues to stake territorial claims of the 4.6 square kilometer area in the vicinity of the Temple of Preah Vihear.
Hor Namhong reiterated that the Temple of Preah Vihear is situated in territory under the sovereignty of Cambodia, citing the adjudication of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on June 15, 1962.
ASEAN groups 10 countries including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
8 comments:
Do not negotiate with Thailand without third party mediation and witness, otherwise its a wasting time again..? Thailand never take thing seriously? i don't which country you choose to be mediate or witness..? we must crabs Thailand by its neck this time!
correction = cambodia does not care which country to choose..? for third party mediate...as long as we have witness!
Ask Vietnam to return Koh Tral back to cambodia..
Just taken care of the current lands that would be good enough...
Khmers lost some lands to Youns and Siems before because at that time Khmers were a littel stupid, now if Khmers are still stupid and dump, khmers will lose more lands to Youns and Siems and later on if Khmers are again still stupid and more dump, Khmers will have no lands at all like Charm.
This is the very genuine opportunity for ASEAN to show its institutional power in conflict resolution--a conflict that is within its jurisdiction. Brilliant Cambodia!
ASEAN, unlike the EU, has no tooth. This organization has not mechanism to resolve dispute between members.
I wondered what would happen if full scale war broke out. I wonder if ASEAN will assemble ASEAN peacekeeping force to the disputed zone.
I think after all the international maneuver run its course, Cambodia should stop clown around with the Thais.
These idiots are unruly, and has no intention of resolving the issue. What they are saying quietly is they want a military conflict.
Just
WE NEVER SEEN ANY SITTING PRIME MINISTER WHO IS SO FUCKING IDIOT LIKE THE CAMBODIAN PRIME MINISTER, AND THE PEOPLE OF CAMBODIA SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES TO HAVE SUCH BULLSHIT PRIME MINISTER REPRESENTING CAMBODIA AND ITS PEOPLE. THIS PRIME MINISTER IS SUCH A FUCKING IDIOT.
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