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Bangkok Post
Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has made a U-turn by agreeing to attend next month's General Border Committee meeting on the dispute with Cambodia - on the condition that host nation Indonesia does not get directly involved in the talks.
Gen Prawit had originally vowed to stay away from the talks, set for Bogor, Indonesia, on April 7 and 8, as he objected to the involvement of a third country in an issue which he says can still be resolved bilaterally.
However yesterday he said he had "no problem" with the location, so long as Indonesia did not take part in the forum.
Gen Prawit and Cambodian Defence Minister Teah Banh will co-chair the meeting.
A key issue in the talks between the two generals is the plan of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to despatch Indonesian observers to both sides of the disputed border area near the Preah Vihear temple, which has been the site of recent military clashes.
Gen Prawit insisted security problems at the border would be "able to be discussed" between the two countries without outside interference.
People contacts and border trade ties showed no ill-effect from the border tensions, he said.
Gen Teah Banh reportedly proposed the GBC talks be held in parallel with the next Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) meeting.
However, Gen Prawit rejected the proposal and insisted that the JBC forum be organised first.
The JBC was formed to demarcate the border between the two countries under the Memorandum of Understanding signed by Bangkok and Phnom Penh in 2000.
The GBC's mission is to thrash out security issues between the two countries.
The next round of the JBC is subject to joint parliamentary approval of the documents in Bangkok.
Senators and MPs will resume discussions on the issue today amid continuing protests by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD).
PAD key members yesterday filed a letter asking MPs not to accept the three JBC documents, in what was the group's third push to derail the approval.
PAD spokesman Parnthep Pourpongpan and key member Praphan Koonmee filed the letter signed by alliance core leader Chamlong Srimuang with the parliamentary secretariat.
The letter argues that the 2000 MoU had not received the consent of parliament and His Majesty the King, so it was unconstitutional and the JBC was thus void.
Mr Parnthep also dismissed Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's recent remark that if the Thai parliament did not accept the documents, border disputes between Thailand and Cambodia might become multilateral issues.
Mr Parnthep said even if Thailand rejected the documents, it would be impossible for Asean and the United Nations to get involved in the border spat.
As the parliament will consider the issue today, a government source said the prime minister had urged his coalition partners during the cabinet meeting yesterday to have their MPs vote for parliamentary acceptance of the JBC's proceedings today.
15 comments:
Hunsen should invited all asean member to bomb thailand and retake all the province belong to cambodia.
6:29AM, you invite citizen from other countries to go and die in a war with Thailand on behalf of Cambodia?
Wow and wow!
6:29 AM, you are an idiot, a support of Hun Sen and CPP. Get out of Cambodia Yuon bastard. There is no war between Cambodia and Thailand.
*THAI always cheating with khme,
That Nation are so ugly.
*One group of khmer people will join with Thai Muslims soon.This is Bad way for ANTI BAD Nation like THAI.
ANTI BAD THAI
6:54 AM, I am not clear about you are saying. Please write clearly. Thanks.
6:29AM,
Thailand is better than Vietnam. There is just a bad group of Thai "Yellow PAD" and their leaders in Thai PM and King who are bad for Thailand. The rests of majority of Thai people are good in Thailand.
There is no war necessary between Cambodia and Thailand.
Thailand is a very good democratic country with good people of Thai, except the bad groups of Thai who are Yellow PAD and their bad leaders.
Again, no war between Thailand and Cambodia.
If Khmer people keep Thai as Khmer
enemy number one,when something is happening in Cambodia,where should
they go?Will they go to Vietnam and
become Vietnam's slaves or to Lao as
Vietnam's dog? Khmer people have only one way out.
Thai is good or bad;it is still better than Vietnam.It is true;I am
not appreciated with Thai either.
To 8:17AM
You go to Thailand so the Siem thugs can use you as human shield! I been there and done that! When Cambodia become fully democratic and more transparency and what you said is the thing of the past!
I do believe not all people are bad- without good there will be no bad. And I believe the conflict is amount the individuals who think they are superior than the others.
How can you trust thai leader?
they are all the same" FUCKING CHEATING"
If you think that Thai leaders are good, you must think again. they are all smart ASS. OK
3:53pm, we've our "smart asses" too....
Remember way back when CPP lost an election?
"FUCKING CHEATING"....hehe
stop think outdated, ok! cambodia don't like any siem nor youn, ok! but we learn to live with them, unlike siem thugs, so racist, really!
2;16am, "... ok! cambodia don't like any siem nor youn, ok! but we learn to live with them, unlike siem thugs, so racist, really!"
and you're not racist?
I want to hear your comment on Democracy !!
Between Cambodia and Thailand, which country has better democratic system ???????
Do not generalize your answer, be specific to support your answer !!!!
I think as we live in this global society, we should not isolate ourselves at all. We would love and absolutely need to collaborate with our neighbor countries but in a fair deals. We should treat each other fairly without taking advantage on anyone. We should also respect our territories. Viet already got so much land from Khmer and so does Siam. Why they still want more? Khmer has only so much land left for our people to live on. As our population grow, we will need every meters of land to accommodate the growth of the population. Therefore, Viet and Siam must stop encroaching in Khmer territory. And all Khmer leaders and people must do everything we possibly can to protect our country for our future Khmer.
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