WASSANA NANUAM
Bangkok Post
Thai and Cambodian military leaders may launch ceasefire talks amid the current diplomatic stalemate.
Negotiations may start this weekend or after Tuesday's meeting of Asean foreign ministers in Indonesia, said 2nd Army commander Thawatchai Samutsakhon yesterday.
He is coordinating with Lt Gen Chea Mon, chief of the Cambodian 4th Region Army, about the prospect of talks.
The United Nations Security Council has recommended a permanent ceasefire after hearing both sides of the story on Monday following a series of border clashes. It has also called for Asean's engagement in the dispute.
On Thursday, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said his government would urge Thailand to agree to a peace deal during the foreign ministers' meeting. He said the agreement should be signed by the Thai and Cambodian foreign ministers and witnessed by Asean.
But Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has rejected Cambodia's proposal, saying it was too early to talk about such a move.
Mr Abhisit said the two countries must hold talks and that Asean could act only as a facilitator. Asean was not in a position to become involved in such matters of conflict.
According to Lt Gen Thawatchai, the planned talks with Lt Gen Chea Mon appear less formal. "We [Thai and Cambodian military] usually talk. This is not the talks. The talks must come from policy," he said.
After fighting between Thai and Cambodian troops erupted in Kantharalak district of Si Sa Ket province earlier this month, military leaders from both sides reportedly rushed to hold talks in an effort to end hostilities. Sporadic exchanges of fire have continued, especially on Phu Makhua mountain.
Lt Gen Thawatchai said the army was prepared for any situation and troops were helping provincial authorities to build bunkers in border villages vulnerable to skirmishes.
An army source said Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon had talked with his Cambodian counterpart Teah Banh about calling a ceasefire.
According to the source, the Cambodian defence minister agrees with the ceasefire but admits that troops at the border may not be aware of the efforts.
Cambodian troops, he said, appear bent on seizing as much as possible of the disputed 4.6 square kilometre area adjoining the Preah Vihear temple.
4 comments:
HUn SEn's regime is the regime that cambodian people must be slave to them, look at Hun Sen families, relative, friends are billionairs, millionairs where do they get the money from? 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 billionairs, millionairs but 90% innocent cambodian people are so poor.
This war is about to eliminate Hun Sen's regime. American, UN and the world are hate Hun SEn's regime. All cambodian people are also hate Hun Sen's regime.
Khmer girl Ms. Rattana Keo,
Thailand is trying to show the world and Asean that bilateral talk still work. In reality it has not been effective.
SEE if Hun Sen blink his eyes again.
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 transparency explain to cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian army 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 army you are decide the fade 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 billionairs, millionairs 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 with planty of natural resources ) in education
Smart Khmer Girl Ms.Rattana Keo,
Now barbarian ABHISIT become a crazy pig ,he is not a human any more ,he is worst than animal ,he is not shy the people in the world , now the people in the world still open the eye and wacth to ABHISIT and his group ,why they want to make the war invade the neighbor in this century.ABHISIT and his group they don't know how to live with peace in this century ,look at the animal they like to live with peace with each other in their own territory ,they never make the war with each other .In this century ,he make the war to invade cambodia ,what does he think? May be he never open his eye look at the world.Our dear thai peple living near the border stand up and tell to ABHISIT and his group to stop the war ,because the war make you cry ,the war make you hurt and the war destroy all your propertie that you work hard from the empty hand .When the war make you hurt and cry ,ABHISIT and his group laugh and sleep well in their beautifull house with air conditioner and drink the good wisky with their family ,when the war destroy your propertie ,ABHISIT and his group earn the money from the war ,that money ,it's the 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 stand up and throw the war to their head and they will know how the war hurt them.
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