22/02/2011
Wassana Nanuam
Bangkok Post
Thai troops are sceptical of a proposed truce with Cambodia holding any weight, with the Suranaree Task Force claiming Cambodia has broken 121 agreements relating to a memorandum of understanding signed in 2000 aimed at avoiding border disputes.
Thai troops have raised concerns whether their Cambodian counterparts would keep their promise on any truce.
Army chief-of-staff Dapong Rattanasuwan led a team on Saturday in ceasefire talks with Maj Gen Hun Manet, the deputy army chief of Cambodia. An eight-point agreement was reached.
The Suranaree Task Force said yesterday Cambodia had violated border and military agreements over the disputed 4.6-square-kilometre site 121 times in the 11 years since the two countries signed a memorandum on surveying and demarcating the boundary in an effort to avoid disputes.
The violations allegedly include construction and renovation of Wat Keo Sikha Kiri Svara, building roads to Preah Vihear temple, building shops and markets near Preah Vihear, building accommodation in the area, building military shelters, erecting a ladder to Preah Vihear, the construction of a telephone signal pole and building a cable car on Phu Makhua mountain, west of Preah Vihear.
Cambodia also built 935 steps to Phu Makhua in breach of the agreements, the task force said.
The 2000 memorandum and military agreements bars the two countries from building or making geographic or landscape changes in the area.
"Cambodia's proposal for the unilateral listing of Preah Vihear as a world heritage site also broke the agreement because of the unsettled demarcation," the task force said in its statement.
The Suranaree Task Force reached an agreement with the Cambodian forces to reduce troop levels at Wat Keo Sikha Kiri Svara and the nearby area to 30 each but Cambodia gradually reinforced its troops to about 1,000 at the temple and at Preah Vihear, the task force said.
Thai and Cambodian troops also reached an agreement on Oct 27 last year to adjust their forces to ease tensions in the disputed area.
"The Thai army adjusted its forces as requested but the Cambodian side hid its troops and heavy arms in disputed areas and refused Thai requests for examination," the task force said.
The Thai army yesterday took military attaches from 14 countries to see the damage caused by Cambodian shelling during the fighting from Feb 4-7.
Army deputy chief-of-staff Sirichai Dithakul took the attaches to Ban Phum Srol in Si Sa Ket's Kantharalak district, which was worst hit by the cross-border fire.
One villager was killed and others were wounded. Tens of thousands of villagers along the border were evacuated.
The attaches taking part in the border visit represented the US, France, China, Japan, Russia, South Korea, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, Singapore, Vietnam, Brunei and the Philippines. The Cambodian military attache did not join the group.
"Thai soldiers want the conflict to be solved through negotiation and peaceful means," Lt Gen Sirichai told the attaches. "We don't want to invade any country but only to protect our sovereignty."
A military source said Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya asked Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon to invite the military attaches to the border.
7 comments:
SIEM AND YOUN WILL TAKE WHATEVER THEY CAN IF KHMER DON'T CARE .WAKE UP YOU ARE ABOUT 100 YEAR BEHIND .
Thai government has a mouth of a child, who talks flip flopping and echoing after ideas after an adult. If any one chooses to trust the Thais' government, it is better to trust a retarded dog, walking down the street eating shit on the street.
WTF? Is Siem going insane? Cambodian has never violated anything. As the matter of fact, Siem has been bullied and violated Cambodian so many times. Siem is vicious and evil. Siem has forgotten that UNESCO has awarded Cambodian the Preah Vihear. Cambodian has a LEGIT map. screw you!!! May Teveda be the judge of Preah Vihear. ONly Teveda knows who is the owner of this precious Preah Vihear.
Peace to all my beloved Khmer people!
Sometimes Siam government sounds worse than Hun Sen' s.
You just can't tell who is running the government, The army commanders?
The yellow shirts? or Abbhisit?
ខ្មែរត្រូវតែចាំឱ្យច្បាស់ថា៖ វត្តសិក្ខាគីរីស្វារៈ ស្ថិតក្នុងទឹកដីខ្មែរ ហើយគ្មានអា៤.៦នោះទេ។
សៀមវាកំពុងតែបង្វិលខ្មែរហើយ អស់លោកធំៗ ប្រយត្ន័ភ្លាត់ ត្រូវចោរអូសកចូលគុក។
Barbarian ABHISIT and his group now they don't know how to live with peace in this century and they don't know how to respect the international law ,it's worst for them in this century,they like to make war .Our dear thai people living near the border ,the war hurt you and make you cry ,the war destroy every thing that you got from empty hand until now ,so stand up and tell to ABHISIT and his group to stop the war right now ,because when the war hurt you and make you cry ,ABHISIT and his group laugh and sleep well in their beautiful house with air conditioner and drink a good wisky with their family ,when the war destroy all your properties ABHISIT and his group earn the money from this war ,all that money it's your money that you paid tax every year ,so our dear thai people living near the border stand up and tell to ABHISIT and his group to stop the war right now ,if they don't want to stop you all ,you have to throw the war on their head and they will know how the war hurt them.
Why do Kos Trol, sea and lands proximately over 10 000 km2 have been lost to Vietnam by who treaty? Why don’t Cambodia goverment transparencies explain to Cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian armies are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 and what's about over 10 000km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian armies you are decide the fate of your nation, Cambodian army as well as Cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Kos Trol, Sea and lands over 10 000km2 have been lost to Vietnam by who treaty at 1979 to 1985 treaty! Treaty! Cambodian army at front line as well as all Cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are Cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protect a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group rather in the real name of protecting Khmer nation?
Cambodian army at front line suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs, lack of foods, lack of nutrition, their families have no health care help, no securities after they die but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning with young girls message, have super health care from oversea medical treatment, they are billionaires, millionaires who sell out the country to be rich and make Cambodian people suffer everyday as Cambodian people know already.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that result lost over 10 000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why don't they transparency inform all Cambodian and Cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't include Kos Trol (Kos Trol size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen and bigger than Singapoor with heap of great natural resources) in education system in Cambodia.
Look at Hun Sen families, relatives; friends are billionaires, millionaires where do they get the money from if we all just get out of war with empty hands? Hun Sen always say in his speech Cambodia just get up from war, just get up from Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionaires, millionaires but 90% innocent Cambodian people are so poor struggling with living every day.
Smart Khmer girl Ms. Rattana Keo,
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