Friday, March 25, 2011

Thais oppose border talks in Indonesia

Friday, March 25, 2011
The Nation

Meetings between Thailand and Cambodia's two border committees will not take place in Indonesia next month as planned because Thailand opposes the site for the talks, senior government officials said Thursday.

Indonesia, as the chair of Asean, called the parallel meetings of ThailandCambodia's General Border Committee (GBC) and the Joint Boundary Committee (JBC) - for April 78 in Bogor - to find ways to settle the border dispute between the two neighbours.

The meetings became doubtful after Thai Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan and Army chief Prayut Chanocha said they did not want the militaryrun GBC to meet in a third country. The meeting should be held either in Cambodia or Thailand, said defence ministry's spokesman Thanathip Sawangsaeng.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thai has scar about this, even Asean member she afraid to face.

Anonymous said...

The problem is a lot of Thai documents regarding historical facts are false. They gave them to Google and Encyclopedia Britanica etc where they accepted them without a question ask. However, other countries such as Indonesia hold historical documents based on true, and the Thai govt is afraid of this.