Thursday, March 10, 2011

Thailand wants talks wIth CambodIa on observers

March 10, 2011
The Nation

Thailand wants to discuss plans for Indonesian observation of the border conflict with Cambodia during boundary committee meetings in Indonesia later this month, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday.

As Asean chair, Indonesia has proposed hosting the Thailand-Cambodia Joint Boundary Committee (JBC) on demarcation and the General Border Committee (GBC) in Bogor from March 24-25.

Cambodia has said it agrees to the proposal and will attend the meetings of the two bodies.

Phnom Penh insisted the meetings could not be bilateral discussions between the two parties, asking for Indonesia to act as a "referee" over the matter.


Foreign Ministry spokesman Thani Thongpakdi said Thailand regarded the meetings as bilateral although Indonesia would observe proceedings.

Thailand wants discussions on the terms of reference (TOR) for Indonesian observers on the border between the two countries at the disputed area adjacent to the Hindu temple of Preah Vihear, he said.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Thailand was ready to discuss the border matter with Cambodia and hoped the border meetings in Indonesia could ease border tension.

"But we have to look at the form of the meetings since there will be a third country to engage with the issue," he said.

"The JBC and GBC have their own mechanisms but it would be no problem if anybody sat in as a witness," he said. "Indonesia, as the chair of Asean, will acknowledge the meetings but it will not intervene in the content of the meetings."

Thailand and Cambodia have long been at loggerheads over the boundary issue. The latest clashes took place from February 4-7 and claimed around 10 lives including three civilians on both sides.

Cambodia brought up the issue with the United Nations Security Council and Asean last month.

The UN urged Asean to enforce a "permanent ceasefire" at the border areas. Indonesia came up with a plan to dispatch observers to the disputed border. The TOR has been sent to the two for consideration. Phnom Penh has agreed to the terms, though Thailand is still studying them.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Cambodians (aka Khmers) are well known for their ability to copy its neighbor (to be more specific, Thailand) art and culture and make everything Khmer.

This is Thai International airline (TG) which started its operation since 1960, one of the top airline of the world.

http://airliners1.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/thai.jpg

And this is Cambodia Angkor Air, running from 28 July, 2009

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2798/4185515710_5d9fdd028d.jpg


Now, let's take a look at Cambodian palace, royal temple and wall painting in the temple.
This is Thai Grand Palace (built in 1782) and Cambodia Royal palace built in 1866 (84 years later) in Cambodia.

http://khmeras.org/images/stories/royal_palace.jpg

Cambodians also produced a lame version of Thai art on its royal temple, like this.

http://khmeras.org/images/stories/royal_palace2.jpg
http://khmeras.org/images/stories/royal_palace3.jpg

Now, let's see Cambodian entertainment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCqr-TsiR0k

Thai pop song - 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxD3nGTgu0U

Khmer version - 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K__93Ltm-kI

Anonymous said...

ខ្ញុំបានផ្សព្វផ្សាយសៀវភៅប្រវត្តិសាស្រ្តថ្មី ដែលនិយាយពីស្រុកខ្មែរ សូមអញ្្ចើញអានកំសាន្ត
http://cambohistory.blogspot.com/

Anonymous said...

Thailand is still greedy and unreliable. The problem is caused by PAD leaders and its Thai government even Thai King.

Anonymous said...

To Mr. 3:32pm

Here is a clip of our Nanchao Tai friends (aka Siems)...FYI
นี่แหละเพื้อนที่ดีของเราจากน่านเจ้า...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccr5UifT9Ng

If it weren't for the Khmers who are natives to Suvannaphoumi...Siems would still retain their Chinese cultures (a hill tribe of Southern China)!!

Anonymous said...

อ่า อังกฤษผมไม่แข็งแรง ขอพิมพ์ไทยละกัน

ผมเข้าใจว่าบางสิ่งบางอย่างของว­ัฒนธรรมเขมรมาอยู่ในไทยได้อย่าง­ไร

มันไม่ได้เรียกว่าก๊อปปี้หรอกนะ­ครับ มันเรียกว่าความคล้ายคลึงกันต่า­งหาก

พ่อขุนรามประดิษฐ์อักษรไทยขึ้นม­า ก็นำเอาภาษาจากประเทศอื่นๆมาปรั­บปรุงเป็นของตัวเอง(ลาวก็เอาอัก­ษรมาจากพ่อขุนราม อ้างอิงจากวิกิพีเดีย) โดยตัวเลขผมคิดว่าน่าจะยกของเขม­รมาทั้งหมด และนั่นก็ไม่ได้มีการเปลี่ยนแปล­งมาจนถึงทุกวันนี้

ส่วนศิลปะนั้นคงตกทอดมาในสมัยที­่ขอมเคยรุ่งเรืองอำนาจ แล้วล่มสลายไป...

อาณาจักรที่รุ่งเรืองในตอนนั้นไ­ด้นำ
PudThaiGoongSod 1 month ago

Anonymous said...

Abhishit vejjajiva! If you are a Pig...do not affraid of Hot Waters!

Anonymous said...

Thailand hesitated and keep delaying, they don't like Asean sending observers to the disputed area..Thailand don't want the world to know about their bad behavoir toward its neighbors...

Anonymous said...

Hey PAD Thai (3:32 PM) have you seen the mini Angkor Wat in Bangkok. Are you guys trying to copy Khmer architecture again.