21/02/2011
PRADIT RUANGDIT
Bangkok Post
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva denies a ceasefire agreement has been signed with Cambodia.
The prime minister said again in his weekly broadcast address yesterday that his government believed that a lasting solution to the border dispute could only come through careful negotiation.
Association of Southeast Asian Nations foreign ministers meet in Jakarta tomorrow to find ways to solve the border dispute, but Mr Abhisit said the regional grouping would only act as a coordinator and as a witness, as well as provide a facility for talks between Thailand and Cambodia.
He and members of the cabinet, including the foreign, defence and the natural resources ministers, would be responsible for explaining the border situation to the world community so people could better understand the situation.
Mr Abhisit said he had talked on the phone with Unesco director-general Irina Bokova about the problems arising from the listing of the Preah Vihear temple as a world heritage site. He said Unesco should suspend the process of listing the surrounding area until the border problem was settled.
Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said yesterday the proposed permanent ceasefire was unnecessary. Peace on the border could be achieved through existing bilateral mechanisms.
These include the Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Committee, the Thai-Cambodia General Border Committee and the Thai-Cambodian Regional Border Committee.
Mr Kasit yesterday attended a meeting to discuss preparations for the Asean meeting in Jakarta tomorrow, which will be attended by all 10 member nations' foreign ministers.
A delegation led by army chief-of-staff Daopong Rattanasuwan was reported on Saturday to have signed a ceasefire agreement with Phnom Penh, whose team was headed by deputy army commander Hun Manet, the son of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.
But Mr Kasit insisted the meeting on Saturday was not about negotiations.
It was merely a discussion between military authorities and the results would be referred to higher authorities for a decision on what next step to take.
The minister said no agreement had been reached and there were no binding effects from the talks.
"It was only a discussion," he said. "It was like sending subordinates to meet for talks and having them report the results [to those in higher places]."
Mr Kasit said any formal negotiations would involve the defence ministers of the two countries under the framework of the General Border Committee.
Mr Kasit said he would emphasise Thailand's position at the Asean foreign ministers' meeting tomorrow that it wished to resolve the border conflict through bilateral mechanisms, including the Joint Boundary Committee, chaired by Asda Jayanama, the General Border Committee, led by Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon, and the Regional Border Committee, headed by 2nd Army chief Thawatchai Samutsakhon.
"We will explain that the JBC, the GBC and the RBC have been making progress and they can continue to act in line with a UN Security Council resolution [supporting bilateral talks to settle the dispute]."
The minister said he would also reaffirm Thailand's readiness to allow Asean to act as a facilitator in talks between Thailand and Cambodia.
He said Mr Asda had written to ask the head of the Cambodian delegation to attend a Joint Boundary Committee meeting in Bangkok.
Gen Prawit will also send a letter to ask his Cambodian counterpart, Gen Teah Banh, to hold a General Border Committee meeting in Cambodia in the middle of the year, Mr Kasit said.
The joint committee focuses on border demarcation talks while the general committee involves border security arrangements, particularly a ceasefire, Mr Kasit said.
He said Thailand is ready for talks under the framework set by the two committees, and it was up to Cambodia to decide whether it would enter the talks.
He said Thailand would also ask Indonesia, as Asean chair, to send its representatives to observe the operations of Thai soldiers in the disputed area.
He said the observers would stay with Thai soldiers on the Thai side of the border so they could see for themselves that Thailand was not the instigator of any violence.
4 comments:
Kasit and Hun Sen will do anything to keep thier power.As you know Ah Hun Sen count Kmers as dog.WAKE UP KHMER LOOK WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND THE WORLD.
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,
Thank 4:17AM.
You are one of many
Khmer people who wake up!
Hun Sen and Abhisit
do trick to stay in
power.Hun Sen is gambling with Thai,
but fools with Khmer
people that he is protecting Thai from invading Khmer
land.But the truth
is Hun Sen let Vietnam invade Cambodia.
Go out on the treets
,few million Khmer people would be fine and Khmer abroad will support you too.
Dare to die you can survive from Viet.
Look at Champa,Khmer
Krom,Lao,and how
about Cambodia? Is
Cambodia one of them
? Yes,indeed.
Cambodia is a ghost
state.Hun Sen is just a governor of
Vietcamlao Federation.
So,rise up against
Hun Sen and Vietnam
in Cambodia.
Vietnam must out of
Cambodia(Viet soldiers hiding in
forests and Viet immigrants).
Without Vietnam help,Hun Sen is like garbage.
Abhisit is on the run. He is falling down. The world is watching his game. Keep 2 yellow shirts in Jail. They are the leaders of the trouble makers.
Kasit is wroung. Cease fire was singed by both, Cambodian and Thai military.
Next step, Cambodia must take border case to ICJ to defeat Abhisit and Yellow. Otherwise, the war will be continued.
Don't let Abhisit play a ping pong game.
Abhisit is on the run. He is falling down. The world is watching his game. Keep 2 yellow shirts in Jail.
BP
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