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| Koichiro Matsuura, a Unesco special envoy for the temple, will travel to Bangkok and Phnom Penh between Feb. 25 and March 1, Unesco said in a statement. (Photo: AP) |
Washington, DC Thursday, 24 February 2011
“It’s just to see how much damage there is and what kind of effective measures can prevent further, bigger incidents.”
A Unesco representative will meet with both Cambodian and Thai officials in coming days on a fact-finding mission over damage to Preah Vihear temple in recent clashes, officials said.
Koichiro Matsuura, a Unesco special envoy for the temple, will travel to Bangkok and Phnom Penh between Feb. 25 and March 1, Unesco said in a statement.
Cambodia officially requested that Unesco inspect Preah Vihear temple, which was damaged in deadly clashes along the Thai-Cambodian border earlier this month. However, Thailand has insisted the area remains too dangerous for an onsite visit.
Unesco officials declined to disclose further details of the visit, and Cambodian officials say that if the envoy makes a trip to the temple, it will not be disclosed to the public.
Government spokesman Phay Siphan said the envoy’s trip to Cambodia will be a technical evaluation of damage to the temple.
“This assessment is not meant as a prosecution of anyone,” he said. “It’s just to see how much damage there is and what kind of effective measures can prevent further, bigger incidents.”
The 11th-Century temple was put on a Unesco list of World Heritage sites in 2008, sparking protests by some groups in Bangkok and leading to a military build-up on the border that culminated in heavy clashes Feb. 4 through Feb. 7.
Unesco said in a statement that Matsuura will discuss safeguarding the temple with the prime ministers of both countries and “examine with both sides ways of reducing tension and promoting dialogue around the preservation of the temple.”
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva acknowledged the trip earlier this week, saying it will be to listen to the accounts of both sides.
Cambodian officials say the temple was damaged by Thai artillery, though Thai officials say any damage was incidental as soldiers returned fire on Cambodian positions.
4 comments:
Thai can't have both ways, if you claim that you have the best trainned army in South East Asia, then it was not an incident.
If you are a well trainned soldier you can't miss the target.
But if you are poorly trainned soldier, you can use it as an excuse.
Which one is it ????
Make up your mind and pick one !!!!
Are you a well trainned soldier ??
or
Are you a poorly trainned soldier ?
Or
You are so scare during the fighting and you can't think straight or too shaky to aim at the target.
It is normally happened to a rooky soldier !!!!
How come Thais are not hesitating to destroy PREAH VIHEAR?
Maybe someone remembered a Khmer story telling about two women fought to own a child.The mad woman lost her child
.She saw another woman carrying a baby and tugging little baby from natural mom.She loved kid from damaging or got hurt
.
So,Thai did not care
so much about damaging the PREAH
VIHEAR because this beautiful Temple did not belong to her.
Khmer people can read Thai govt mind.
*WHO COMPLAINT WHO???.
-Why Mr koichiro Mutsuura the UNESCO representative went to Bangkok Thailand first???.I don't understant this Point.
-CAMBODIA make file complaint to THAILAND in Preah vihear temple damages case. WHY???....why you travel to Thailand First?.
STUPID SOLUTION
*Mr KAICHIRO MUTSUURA ,His face look like MORN SAM LORR.=MOUK CHANH=LOOSING FACE. HE IS NOTHING.
NOTHING MUTSUURA
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