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Bangkok/Phnom Penh - Indonesia's effort to help resolve a border clash between Thailand and Cambodia appeared to have stalled Monday, when the country's top diplomat postponed a planned visit toPhnom Penh and Bangkok.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa postponed his planned visit, Cambodian Foreign Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong said.
Natalegawa had been expected to sign an agreement to deploy Indonesian monitors along the Thai-Cambodian border as a step towards ending a border conflict has flared on and off for three years.
'I think that maybe Thailand does not agree to sign the terms of reference for the monitors,' Koy Kuong said.
But Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Thani Thongphakdi insisted over the weekend that Bangkok has no objection to the monitors.
Cambodia, Thailand and Indonesia are members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations which is attempting to play a mediating role in the border row.
The monitors would serve as neutral observers. It has been difficult to clarify in the past which side initiated the fighting.
Both sides have blamed each other for the fighting that broke out Friday near the ancient temples of Ta Kwai and Ta Muen claimed by both sides.
Five Thai soldiers were killed and 24 injured. Some 30,000 civilians have been evacuated from their villages along the border, army spokesman Colonel Sansern Keowkamnerd said.
'The border is quiet today, but both sides are on high alert,' Sansern said.
In Phnom Penh, a senior intelligence officer told the German Press Agency dpa that one soldier had been killed Sunday night by a Thai sniper, and two others injured, bringing the total of Cambodian casualties to six dead and less than 20 injured since Friday.
Over the weekend UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia. Ban said he was troubled by the recent flare-up after two months of calm, adding that the dispute could not be solved militarily.
Thai and Cambodian troops clashed in February near Preah Vihear temple, about 200 kilometres east of the location of the latest skirmish, leaving five dead.
Thailand has blamed UNESCO for escalating the tensions with its decision to list the 11th-century temple as a World Heritage Site in July 2008 despite Thai claims that a 4.6-square-kilometre area near Preah Vihear is still the subject of a border demarcation dispute.
The Hindu temple has been a bone of contention for five decades.
8 comments:
The plain truth is that there are now 2 governments in Thaiand- one under Abbhisit/Kasit and the other more dictatorial under General Prayuth Ocha. As of last week the Thai foreign minnistry was in fovor of deploying Indonesia observers to monitor a cease fire, while General Prayuth does not want Indonesian obvservers. Payuth believes that the stronger Thai military will come out winning in a long perfiod of time. General Prayuth belives in raw power and does not case about UNSC nor international laws.
It is amazingly silent from PM Hun Sen at this time. I think he doesn't know how to deal with Thailand at this point in time.
Even though Thai army fire thousand missiles into Cambodia and kill as many Khmer army. Dr. Hun Sen is a great leader who practice sensible, desire no war. That is What Khmer TV always say when every time they present the news in Cambodia!
But Dr. Hun Sen is very extremely cruelty toward his own people such as K5 policy, Coup 1997 and so on...He murdered thousands of patriot Khmers during 1997 coup by shooting in the head one by one, not one or two Khmers life but thousands Khmer lives have been cut shortly by PhD Dr. Hun Sen. Why doesn’t Dr. Hun Sen love peace at 1997 coup, as now with Thai? I wonder how many Cambodian life has PhD Dr. Hun Sen taken so far but why does he practice sensible, peaceful with Thai and Viet? But not with his own Cambodian people.
How come Dr. Hun Sen has no mercy on his own people but he has plenty mercy on Thai and Viet. I am Khmer but I don't understand.
Can anyone please explain why?
3:08 PM
In case you followed the situation of the war between Thailand and Cambodia, you sure understand the problem.
It is not the duty of the PM Mr. Hun Sen for this problem. Mr. Ho Nam Hong is the right person and has the full responsibility to deal with this conflict.
Even Ho Ham Hong, he doesn't know how to deal with Thailand and only wait for intervention from Asean. I think he is in uneasy situation the Indonesian foreign minister canceled his trip to Cambodia today.
Hun Sen wants more Khmer soldiers to die by the Thai so he can enjoy more fucking with Nguyen Tan Dung.
Mr Evil Hun Sen is addicted to power and
wealth.He is treating Khmer people awfully and has no mercy at all.Since he
was as a Khmer Rouge leader in Southeast
zone(Kompong Cham).Being a Khmer Vietminh
son,he got along well with Chea Sim,Heng
Samrin who were Khmer Vietminh.
Vietnam was a cold blood Cham and Khmer
killer.She took Champa and Khmer Krom,
wiped these races in the last few centuries.Now Chams have only 500,000 people.
The last century,Vietnam killed Khmer
Krom so many kinds of killing.Turn on
KKF NEWS or PREY NOKOR NEWS.
Now Vietnam becomes Khmer boss.
Hun Sen is killing Khmer for Vietnam.
Vietnam is using Khmer to kill Khmer.
Vietnam was also used Khmer Vietminh to
kill Khmer during Pol Pot regime.
Vietnam divided Khmer into two groups:
Khmer Rouge and Khmer Vietminh.They
killed each other for Yuon.
Thai and Vietnam have had the same goals,they wiped Khmer out in Southeast Asia or became minority.
The 3,000,000 Thai Khmer Surin and Khmer in South of Preah Vihear and Phnom Dangrek(Khmer in Cambodia).
Thai is using Khmer Surin to fight
with Cambodian soldiers.This time too
Vietnam govt is pushing Khmer soldiers
to the front line.
Vietnam soldiers will stay behind and
finish the Khmer soldiers.
Look at Khmer Surin and Cambodians are
fleeing from the Khmer Thai border.
How terrible they are.They get killed
in both sides.They lost their homes and properties behind.
The Vietnam,Thai,and Hun Sen are wrong.They are trying to wipe Khmer race out of the world map.
Hun Xen used to threaten Thai all out war, but now got his ass kicked now he wanted Asian to step in.
Does Hun Xen really want peace? or He just got ass kick and change his mind for peace since he cannot kick Thais ass as he claimed before?
Is he really hero or he just a thug?
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