BANGKOK, Feb 10 (MCOT online news) -- Thai Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban reaffirmed that the recent Thai-Cambodian border incidents were military clashes, not real war as Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen reportedly said, stressing that bilateral talks were still the best tool for finding a long term solution.
Mr Suthep said the Thai government did not consider the border incident as war but as a military clash along the border. He reasserted that the Thai military has monitored and would take good care of the Thai people.
The attempt to draw a third party into involvement in the disputes was a Cambodian diplomatic strategy, but the Thai government has reiterated that the country wants peace and does not want the conflict to be exaggerated, he said.
The two countries sharing a common border may have conflict, but their leaders should give their full attention to defuse the disputes, to bringing back normalcy, said the deputy premier.
The Chinese Xinhua news agency on Wednesday quoted Mr Hun Sen as saying while closing the annual conference of the Ministry of Commerce that the incident was real war, not a military clash.
Mr Hun Sen was quoted as claiming that Thailand created this war, and that Thai Prime Minister Abhisit must be responsible for the war.
While rejecting bilateral talks and vowing that Cambodia will not compromise on the border issue, the premier stressed that “peaceful negotiations will continue, but the negotiations must have the participation of a third party."
"Cambodia will use international mechanisms as much as possible such as asking UN to convene an urgent meeting, and sending UN peacekeepers or UN observers to Cambodia," said Mr Hun Sen.
Asked whether the Cambodian PM's comment was strong enough to draw international support, Mr Suthep said that calling international attention is an art in each country but the truth will finally prove itself.
The deputy premier said he was confident that Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs would be able to bring the facts to present to the international community.
Mr Suthep also brushed aside the French proposal to help resolve the Thai-Cambodia spat, saying that France had given help to Cambodia during the Preah Vihear temple case in 1962, so that Thailand could solve the matter on its own.
The World Court ruled in 1962 that the Preah Vihear temple belonged to Cambodia, although its primary entrance lies in Thailand and the exact boundary through the surrounding grounds remains in dispute.
The French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported on Wednesday that France offered Wednesday to help resolve a festering border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia by providing maps it made at the start of the last century when it ruled the French colonial territory of Indo-China.
At least eight people have been killed in four days of cross-border violence between Thailand and Cambodia around the Preah Vihear temple, which forced thousands of families to flee on both sides of the border line.
8 comments:
Hun Sen is playing a dirty war to diverse cambodian public attention to his land concessions to vietnam, land grabbed by his family members and his corruption and Khmer rouge Trial. But when the war is out of control, he worry his son might get killed by Thais rocket. So he called UN to stop. You play fire you will get burnt for sure. He has succeeded his agenda. Now even opposition parties are also behind to fight with Thailand. What a smart idea???
Areak Prey
Hey Suthep Thaugsuban , how do you define war ? When Militaries from 2 different Countries fighting each other , it means war . Don't act so stupid.
Areak Prey, you are Siam that is why you say that.
Areak Arch 12:40 PM , are you sure you know what you are talking about ? You sound like you have just been drinking homemade whine .
Areak Prey,
You sound like a smart, so please act as a smart old man. Tell me how you intend to solve the problems with respect to the eastern and western borders at the same time? Don't you think that would be suicidal?
Cambodia is a much smaller and poorer country in comparison to the bigger neighbours in term of everything from population to whatever you name it.
You lived through the 70s and have not yet learned anything new. Look at Cambodia when we fought among ourselves with 4 groups namely Sihanoukists, Lon Nol Republicans, pro-Chinese communists of Pol Pot and pro-Vietnamese communists of Khmer Vietminh. What happened to our country? You have already known the answer as you lived through those periods.
Geopolitically Cambodia is between two hot plates of Vietnam and Thailand; in addition she has also a hot rod inside herself that keeps burning her while the two hot plates keep moving in and her hot rod is supposed to be a cool rod, but it takes the opportunity to hurt her for it own sake. Do you want to be that hot rod? If not, stay united for now with the Hun Sen's government; otherwise you will be pushing unintentionally that government into the waiting arms of our eastern neighbours.
Once the outside ennemies are no longer the problems, we can clean our own house!
Anet Khmer
Dear Anet Khmer, If you are truely anet Khmer, you must understood that khmers have sacrified enought to their idiots leaders for their stupid wars. First with their own people, secondly with neighbours.
We must realised that Khmers shouldn't waste anymore lives. We need to live with international communities and need international assistance to protect our land and our people.
Therefore, with encroachment from the East and war from the west, all leaders must come to clean together and put every problem on the table and refer the problem to security council from day 1.
Hun Sen has given hundreds thousands of land to vietnam army for rubber plantation, can't you see that as a lost to Cambodia territory? In westen, Thais is talking about 4km2. But in estern, vietnam took thousand of km2, which one is bigger? we cannot lost both side. The Cambodian King should call security Council to assist Cambodia to protect Cambodian soverign from these two robbers. We cannot just talk to our invaders to please them. How much has Cambodian leaders have talked with Thailand since 2008? Has there any progress from these talk? None. Why Hun Sen didn't dare to refer to security council from 2008 and at the same time refer about the lost of estern side too?
In the last few weeks, can't you see any protest in Egyp and in Tunisy to kick out their degraced leaders ? Both Hun Sen and Abbhissith have worried about their own domestic problem and each has used this hot issue of Preah Vihear to build up their support and to gain credit from their secret agenda. With Hun Sen as leader of Cambodia, you will see war every year with Thailand and let Vietnam to take peacefully Cambodian land from the East. When can you clean that house?
Areak Prey
Les't get French and international court involve. It will benefit cambodia. Once they get involve we will bring their attention to the border issue with vietname as well so we can get it all done with Veit as well.
in according to the 1907 map, theree is no dispute, this a siem's stealing of cambodia, though! UN body should look at this map and demand siem to explain to the world what they see on this map! after all, it is an international treaty! take a look in detail of the treaty and how this agreement came about and stop siem's robbing of cambodia once and for all!
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