Wassana Nanuam
Bangkok Post
The Thai-Cambodian General Border Committee (GBC) meeting must be held in Indonesia only, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tea Banh said on Tuesday.
Tea Banh, in saying this, turned down Thai Defence Minister Prawit Songsuwon's proposal for the 8th GBC, which was supposed to be hosted by Cambodia this year, to be held bilaterally in either Cambodia or Thailand.
He said at this stage talks between Thailand and Cambodia cannot be held bilaterally because it is a resolution of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) for Indonesia to act as a mediator.
"Therefore, I will talk to Thailand only in the presence of Indonesian mediators and in Indonesia only," he said.
Moreover, it is Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen not to hold bilateral talks with Thailand, be it the GBC or the Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) meeting, Gen Tea Banh said in an interview with Bangkok Post in Phnom Penh.
"Whether or not the GBC will be held depends on the Thai side. So I cannot tell whether the GBC will be held at all if Thailand insists in not going to Indonesia. Cambodia's stand on this matter is clear," he said.
On the border situation, Gen Tea Banh said Cambodian soldiers would remain at their present positions, so would Thai soldiers, as long as there are no talks between the two sides.
He said Cambodia will continue to work on the development plan on the area around the Preah Vihear temple.
"In fact, I don't want the situation between Thailand and Cambodia to remain unresolved like this, because we are neighbours. We can't move away from each other nor be separated. No matter what, we have to hold talks, but I don't know when," Gen Tea Banh said.
He said Thai and Cambodian soldiers had frequently clashed because some political group in Thailand wanted the situation to be this way, despite the fact that the conflict between the two countries was negotiable.
On Gen Prawit's proposal for Thai and Cambodian soldiers to set up joint checkpoints in the disputed area without involvement by Indonesian observers, Gen Tea Banh said it is an Asean resolution for Indonesia to do that because Thailand and Cambodia had never been able to reach a settlement between themselves.
"I would like the Thai media to help promote relations between the two countries. Don't let a group of people to destroy our long relationship. Somdej Hun Sen said the two countries are inseparable. So we need to talk and cooperate," he said.
An informed source in Cambodia said Maj-Gen Hun Manet, deputy commander of Hun Sen's Body Guards Unit, had travelled to Indonesia to prepare for the JBC and GBC meetings although the Thai Defence Ministry had not made a commitment to take part in them.
Indonesia has proposed the GBC and JBC be held at Bogor on April 7-8.
The source said Hun Sen and the Indonesian government are very close as Indonesia has provided military assistance to Cambodia.
According to the source, Thailand had tried to persuade Cambodia to allow Thai Buddhist monks to stay with Cambodian monks at Wat Kaeo Sikha Khiri Svara in the 4.6 square kilometre disputed area so that Thai soldiers would not have to be sent there.
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Cambodia territory is for Cambodian; not place for Thai neither monk or soldier. Don't try your luck; we won't allow it to happen.
សូមគាំទ្រលោក ទា បាញ់ដែលមិនចរចារជាមួយ ថៃ ទ្វេ ភាគិ អត់ប្រយោជន៌ទេ ប៉ុន្តែគួរឲ្យស្តាយបន្តិចបើជឿតាមយោបល់គេដែលថាកុំចរចារជាមួយចោរគួរតែប្តឹងប៉ូលីសទៅ ជាយូរមកហើយ ប្រហែលជាមិនបានបាញ់គ្នាកាលពីដើមខែកុម្ភៈទេមើលទៅ
Good on you Bong Banh!!!
you must be strong and standing again enemies because you are a defent minister. If you don't who else can do it.
Tea Banh has a strong Thai connection How Come ? he is incapacity
and he is aided by croc general Nhem Sowath, dirty man in the ministry of defense. Alll the general around him are incapacity but concept corrupted plan only
Stupid Thai tactic, you destroyed pagoda and Buddha statues and want your stupid monk stay in pagoda, what the f**ct. Remember your studip monk provoked the conflict in fron of Preah Vihear temple and then Thai soldiers invaded Cambodia 2008. Your dream never come true, we Cambodian will ban all Thai citizen from visiting or praying at Preah Vihear temple forever because Thai dostroyed Preah Viheah temple. Therefore Thai never see or dream of Preah Vihear temple again.
it seem that thai dont know between good and bad thing. do the thai are swirling. it seems that they can not count the no. or reading
dump thai
"According to the source, Thailand had tried to persuade Cambodia to allow Thai Buddhist monks to stay with Cambodian monks at Wat Kaeo Sikha Khiri Svara in the 4.6 square kilometre disputed area so that Thai soldiers would not have to be sent there." sic!!!!
Thanks Mr. Tea Banh for your stand. Other (Thai) said, that we Khmer is the people from the jungle. We all are very proud as we are. We Khmer, as the people from the jungle still know and respect the international rule or to live with the international communities.
God damn Siems you attack my country destroying my people villages and wat and you dare ask us to stay at wat? Are you $$&&@&&(::@ stupid? We will never allow the thieves to stay at our wat until you paid all damages and apologize to us. Even if you do that we may not let you stay cause Siems are cheaters and liars.
God damn Siems you attack my country destroying my people villages and wat and you dare ask us to stay at wat? Are you $$&&@&&(::@ stupid? We will never allow the thieves to stay at our wat until you paid all damages and apologize to us. Even if you do that we may not let you stay cause Siems are cheaters and liars.
Tea Banh is one of the whole bunch of Youn/CPP idiots that served Vietcong Communist Hanoi and Youn's dog Hun Sen!
good job, never talk to ah fucking thai goverment. this is a very good job.
no talking, no fighting, no nothing...
guess there's no problem then?
Circus!
Thai is trying to do anything, IT possibly can to put ITS people on Khmer land. IT is shameless. Khmer won't be greedy to allow Thai monks to stay in Khmer temple, but we should wait until the depute area has been solved. I strongly believe that the monks who will be sent to stay in the temple are SIAM SPIES. Therefore, we should not let any SIAM to stay in that area yet until the problem completely solved.
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