Vasin Teeravechyan and Var Kim Hong during the 07 April 2009 JBC meeting which did not resolve anything (Photo: AFP)11/08/2010
Anucha Charoenpo, Thanida Tansubhapol and Wassana Nanuam
Bangkok Post
Thailand has proposed talks with Cambodia to settle the dispute over the border area claimed by the two countries.
Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya yesterday said a Joint Boundary Committee meeting should be held soon to put the issue on the negotiating table. Thailand was arranging the date and venue of the meeting, he said.
Vasin Teeravechyan leads the Thai delegation to the JBC set up to resolve the unclear boundary dividing the two countries. The forum used the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in 2000 as a framework for negotiations.
Thailand yesterday also made diplomatic moves to counter Cambodia on the Preah Vihear temple issue.
Mr Kasit explained the Thai position to the envoys of eight members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday called on international involvement in the issue to solve the problem of the disputed area.
The minister has also sent a letter approved by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to the presidents of the United Nations Assembly General and the UN Security Council to explain the Thai stance.
The main thrust is that Thailand wants the disputed border to be resolved bilaterally through negotiation.
The prime minister will hold talks with UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon during his visit to the UN headquarters from Sept 20 to 27 to attend the General Assembly, government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said.
The prime minister told reporters at Government House that Thailand would not allow any country to intervene in the disputed area near the Preah Vihear temple.
"There is no need for any foreign country to worry about our problem because we will solve it under the MoU," he said.
Mr Abhisit said Cambodia had violated the memorandum by relocating people to a community set up inside the disputed 4.6 square kilometre area .
He expressed confidence the problems would not escalate.
Relations between Thailand and Cambodia soured again after the World Heritage Committee meeting on July 29 in Brazil delayed approving the management plan for the temple and surrounding area sent by Cambodia. Thailand protested that the area covered by the plan intruded on the overlapping zone.
First Army commander Kanit Sapitak said he and Cambodia's 5th military region commander Bun Seng held talks and shared the view that the two countries should settle the border conflict through negotiation and peaceful means.
Lt Gen Kanit said he and Lt Gen Bun Seng had agreed both armies would avoid armed confrontation and not use force.
Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya yesterday said a Joint Boundary Committee meeting should be held soon to put the issue on the negotiating table. Thailand was arranging the date and venue of the meeting, he said.
Vasin Teeravechyan leads the Thai delegation to the JBC set up to resolve the unclear boundary dividing the two countries. The forum used the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in 2000 as a framework for negotiations.
Thailand yesterday also made diplomatic moves to counter Cambodia on the Preah Vihear temple issue.
Mr Kasit explained the Thai position to the envoys of eight members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday called on international involvement in the issue to solve the problem of the disputed area.
The minister has also sent a letter approved by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to the presidents of the United Nations Assembly General and the UN Security Council to explain the Thai stance.
The main thrust is that Thailand wants the disputed border to be resolved bilaterally through negotiation.
The prime minister will hold talks with UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon during his visit to the UN headquarters from Sept 20 to 27 to attend the General Assembly, government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said.
The prime minister told reporters at Government House that Thailand would not allow any country to intervene in the disputed area near the Preah Vihear temple.
"There is no need for any foreign country to worry about our problem because we will solve it under the MoU," he said.
Mr Abhisit said Cambodia had violated the memorandum by relocating people to a community set up inside the disputed 4.6 square kilometre area .
He expressed confidence the problems would not escalate.
Relations between Thailand and Cambodia soured again after the World Heritage Committee meeting on July 29 in Brazil delayed approving the management plan for the temple and surrounding area sent by Cambodia. Thailand protested that the area covered by the plan intruded on the overlapping zone.
First Army commander Kanit Sapitak said he and Cambodia's 5th military region commander Bun Seng held talks and shared the view that the two countries should settle the border conflict through negotiation and peaceful means.
Lt Gen Kanit said he and Lt Gen Bun Seng had agreed both armies would avoid armed confrontation and not use force.
7 comments:
Abullshit , there is nothing to talk about just between you and Cambodia because we talked before but it didn't work . The otherday you said you will use force to solve the problem if you have to but now you are backing off , are you afraid ? Bring it on Mr Abullshit.
ask siem what map they are using before any talk with them. the best solution still is for my country cambodia to use the UN body. that is the magic and the key to solving this international dispute once and for all. god is on cambodia side with the international body as witness and pressure on thailand to respect the international law, etc... i'm sur thailand wants to stop cambodia from going that direction with the UN body; and cambodia do have the mind of our own, too, you know. the best solution for my country is the UN intervention, really!
Two CHINESES talk and decide about Cambodian territory ??
Mothethe fuckers both look like ah srakey!
Thai is trying to be smart...talking will soften the Khmer government.
We must use map in 1962 which we won on Preah Vihear and land surround 4.6 miles.Thai is jealous of Vietnam which it took the whole Khmer country. The Vietnam can take it so can Thai.If we are free from Vietnam,Thai will respect us,but because we are Vietnam slave. We must remember,"being a free man is fabulous,being a slave one is worst".Now we will become Vietnam Federation soon.Did we see Vietnam,Lao,and Cambodia students in Vietnam gather to celebrate it? Come on! Get up! Stand up! And fight! United we stand! Israel can do it so can we! Bravo Khmer sharped heart.Khmer new generation never scare to die for their lovely country!
as long as siem kept using their own internationally unrecognized map, nothing is solve with cambodia! stop waste our time, cambodia! use the UN body, instead! siem cares about their international image, let the UN body deal with them because they obviously violated the international law, etc...
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