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Bangkok - Cambodian and Thai officials are to meet May 25 at UNESCO's Paris headquarters to discuss the Preah Vihear temple, which sparked a deadly border clash this year.
The meeting is the outcome of a visit by UNESCO special envoy for Preah Vihear, Koichiro Matsuura, who travelled to Bangkok and Cambodia late last month, UNESCO said in a statement issued in Paris.
'I am very pleased with the success of Mr Matsuura's mission, and I am very encouraged by his talks with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva of Thailand and Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia, which have helped open the way for further dialogue on the effective conservation of Preah Vihear,' UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova said. 'This will be the main aim of discussions in Paris on May 25.'
Bokova did not specify who would represent Thailand and Cambodia at the May meeting.
The 11th-century Hindu temple was put on UNESCO's list of world heritage sites in 2008 despite objections by Thailand that the land adjacent to the site was still the subject of a border dispute.
Thailand has asked UNESCO to postpone the world heritage listing process of the temple on its border with Cambodia until the territorial dispute was settled.
Thai and Cambodian troops clashed February 4-7 around Preah Vihear vicinity, killing at least 10 people.
The International Court of Justice ruled in 1962 that the temple belonged to Cambodia but stopped short of determining the border demarcation in the contested area.
Both countries claim a 4.6-square-kilometre plot of land near the temple, which has been included under Cambodia's management plan for UNESCO's World Heritage Committee.
Both sides have beefed up their forces near the temple, 450 kilometres north-east of Bangkok, since July 2008, leading to several border skirmishes over the past two and a half years.
5 comments:
Why is the Cambodian government let the Thai made this into a UNESCO issue. This is about border. The damage to the temple secondary. Don't let the Thai make into "Because UNESCO recognize the temple as world heritage" issue.
Thailand must paid for all the damaged to Preah vihear Temple and people properties damges...100 millions dollars$$$$$$$$$$ that Thailand must paid in full.......
THAI WILL NOT PAY IN FULL,ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS GIVING TO HUN SEN AND SOK AN .
Dr. sok an needs to demand for ah siem or thai to pay for the damages.
Thai destroyed Khmer market near by
Preah Vihear temple;it was cost 2,000,000 dollars,but Thai paid nothing.
Something has happened in the past and present,it has had Thai or Vietnam faults;It has had Khmer leader fault.
If Khmer leader wanted power back from his opponent,he always depended
on Thai or Viet for help.After that
he gave some pieces of land to Thai
or Vietnam;then he let Thai or Yuon control Cambodia like Khmer people having known today.
Hun Sen got power because of Vietcong help.The Yuon can encroach Khmer land and take over Cambodia.
The Cambodia now becomes Champa,Khmer Krom,and Lao.
Can Khmer people wake up,stand up,and rise up against Hun Sen and
Vietnam in Cambodia?
Maybe not.
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