April 19, 2011The Nation
Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti has quit his position as head of the Thai delegation to the bilateral and international negotiations over the Preah Vihear Temple as a World Heritage Site, an informed source disclosed yesterday.
"He has withdrawn from the delegation for the bilateral talks with Cambodia and also from the delegation for the World Heritage Committee meeting," the source said.
The bilateral talks are scheduled to take place in France on May 25. The WHC meeting will take place on June 19 and 20, also in France.
Last year, Suwit led the delegation to the WHC meeting in Brazil and successfully had the Unesco committee delay any decision on Cambodia's management plan for the Preah Vihear Temple complex.
Thailand and Cambodia have had a rocky relationship since Phnom Penh unilaterally pushed to list the ancient Hindu temple as a World Heritage Site on its soil.
According to the source, Suwit told the national committee on the World Heritage Convention - chaired by Trairong Suwankhiri - that he needed to focus on election campaigns and had no time to attend the meetings.
"Suwit has asked the committee to assign the Foreign Ministry to take charge of the negotiations instead," the source said. "Trairong rebuked Suwit, saying Cabinet had assigned him to handle this matter all along."
The source said Trairong planned to raise the issue at the upcoming Cabinet meeting. It is widely believed that Assada Chainam, who chairs the Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission, will replace Suwit as head of the delegation for the Preah Vihear negotiations.
Suwit could not be reached for comment yesterday.
The reason behind his decision to withdraw from the Preah Vihear issue, sources suggested, was the People's Alliance For Democracy's move to lodge a complaint against him over his signing of WHC documents last year.
2 comments:
THIS IS THE WAY THEY PLAY SOCCER ,THEY NEVER HOLD THE BALL FOR LONG ,IT JUST TOUCH BALL AND PASS ANOTHER ONE TO PLAY ,SO THIS GAME IS LESS COMPLAIN FROM THE NATION.
So,Thai was alive since 1238 and up to now.
Thai were/are paying this game for so
long;it was/is not a dead game.
Cambodia was/is playing a dead game.
Khmer has had known Thai and Vietnam
games,but Khmer always trust them and depend on them to get power back
from his opponent election or king,or
political party.
Sihanouk depended on Vietcong to get
power back;Hun Sen depended on Vietnam or to Vietnam slave to be
prime minister.
Khmer people must to stop their leaders depending on Thai and Yuon
by standing together to protest against them like in Egypt,Tunisia,
Yemen,Syria,and Libya.
Khmer must dare to die and sacrifice their lives for Khmer land and their people.
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