Xinhua
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen Wednesday urged Indonesia to send observers to Cambodian side to monitor and ensure permanent cease-fire in the disputed area despite disagreement from Thailand.
"I appeal to Indonesia, current ASEAN chair, to send observers to Cambodian side despite disagreement from Thailand," Hun Sen made the remarks during a conference of Cambodian Women Association for Peace and Development.
Thai and Cambodian foreign ministers agreed in February to accept Indonesian observers stationed along their common border to monitor a cease-fire. But Thailand's military insisted the issue be resolved bilaterally and rejected the involvement of Indonesia, the current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Cambodian and Thai troops have clashes for five straight days from April 22-26 at the 13th century Ta Moan temple and Ta Krabei temple in Oddar Meanchey province and on April 26 at the 11th century Preah Vihear temple, the World Heritage site.
Hun Sen said that "in these days of the fightings, Cambodia has used exercised utmost restraint, we just used small weapons, not heavy weapons, but on April 26, Cambodia began to use heavy weapons to defend our infantrymen." "Our patience is limited, but our use of heavy weapons is still in low level and small scale," he said.
The clashes left at least a dozen of both sides' troops killed and more than 30 injured.
The fighting has not only cost lives, damaged to the temples, but also forced tens of thousands of civilians of both countries flee for safe shelters.
The border between Thailand and Cambodia has never been completely demarcated.
Although the International Court of Justice ruled in 1962 that the Temple of Preah Vihear belonged to Cambodia, the row over the 4.6-square-km territory around the temple has never been resolved.
The conflict has occurred just a week after Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple was enlisted as World Heritage Site on July 7, 2008, since then both sides have built up military forces along the border, and periodic clashes happened, resulted in the deaths of troops on both sides.
3 comments:
IF I as a Khmer Ctizen coupe Hun Sen as of today. 1st I would take all Hun and it CCP wealth that they stolen from Khmer people...built a big fence on the south boarder side to Vietnam and North side of Thais. then rebuilt the country!
Hey! my lovely boy,these two countries
have airplanes which they can fly over
your head.You are my funny boy.
The truth Cambodians should set a huge
protest against Hun Sen like in Tunisia,
Egypt,Libya,Yemen,Bharain,and Syria.
You could use Cellphone,Twitter,Facebook,and any kinds
of communications get in touch with them
or you can KI Media.
Many blogger are hating Hun Sen,so you
can work with them to bring Hun Sen down.
Koh Tral Island must not be forgotten
By Ms. Rattana Keo
Why do Koh Tral Island, known in Vietnam as Phu Quoc, a sea and land area covering proximately over 30,000 km2 [Note: the actual land size of Koh Tral itself is 574 square kilometres (222 sq miles)] have been lost to Vietnam by whose treaty? Why don’t Cambodia government be transparent and explain to Cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian armies are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 on the Thai border and what's about over 30,000km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian armies you are decide the fate of your nation, Cambodian army as well as Cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Koh Tral Island, the sea and land area of over 30,000 square kilometres have been lost to Vietnam by the 1979 to 1985 treaties. The Cambodian army at front line as well as all Cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are Cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protecting a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group but disguising as protecting the Khmer nation?
The Cambodian army at front lines suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs, lack of foods, lack of nutrition and their families have no health care assistance, no securities after they died but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning system with message from young girls, have first class medical care from oversea medical treatments, they are billionaires, millionaires who sell out the country to be rich and make the Cambodian people suffer everyday.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that resulted in the loss over 30,000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why they are not being transparent and brave enough to inform all Cambodians and Cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't they include Koh Tral (Koh Tral size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen and bigger than Singapore [Note: Singapore's present land size is 704 km2 (271.8 sq mi)]) with heap of great natural resources, in the Cambodian education system?
Look at Hun Sen's families, relatives and friends- they are billionaires, millionaires. Where did they get the money from when we all just got out of war with empty hands [in 1979]? Hun Sen always say in his speeches that Cambodia had just risen up from the ashes of war, just got up from Year Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionaires, millionaires but 90% of innocent Cambodian people are so poor and struggling with their livelihood every day?
Smart Khmer girl Ms. Rattana Keo,
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