Phnom Penh/Bangkok
The Cambodian government has confirmed that Thailand's defence minister has pulled out of ceasefire talks that were scheduled to be held in Phnom Penh on Wednesday.
The two countries have engaged in five straight days of fighting that have left at least 13 soldiers dead and around 50 wounded on both sides.
Cambodia said shots were exchanged early Wednesday at two sites along the contested border.
On Tuesday the Cambodian Defence Ministry announced that Thailand's Defence Minister, General Prawit Wongsuwan, would meet his Cambodian counterpart Tea Banh, something Thai media later confirmed.
But on Wednesday Cambodian government spokesman Phay Siphan told the German Press Agency dpa that Prawit had cancelled his visit, but had given no reason.
"We didn't trust that they would come at all," he said.
The cancellation of the ceasefire talks was a blow to hopes that the border clashes might end. Indonesia, as current chair of the regional Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) bloc, has tried to mediate between the two nations.
Part of that effort was a plan to station Indonesian observers along the contested border, but that failed Monday when Thailand objected to certain aspects of the deal.
On Tuesday a Thai government spokesman said Bangkok would agree to Indonesian border monitors, provided Cambodia pulled its troops out of Preah Vihear temple, near another disputed border area around 150 kilometres east of the recent clashes.
Phay Siphan said that condition was unacceptable to Phnom Penh.
"They cannot order us to pull out of our land - it is de jure and de facto Cambodia," he said on Wednesday. "Thailand is looking for an opportunity to invade and occupy our land."
Phay Siphan said Wednesday that troops were exchanging rifle fire around the ancient temples of Ta Moan and Ta Krabei, known in Thai as Ta Muen and Ta Kwai.
He said there was no word on Cambodian casualties, adding that the situation near Preah Vihear temple was quiet.
The clashes started on Friday near Ta Krabei and Ta Moan.
Each side has blamed the other for the fighting over the past six days.
At least eight Cambodians have been killed and 17 wounded, while one is missing. A Thai army spokesman said Tuesday that five Thai soldiers had been killed and 31 injured.
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siem thugs are stupid or what! they always ask cambodia to do the impossible like giving up preah vihear temple to siem illegal demand, etc! give it up, siem thugs! cambodia's preah vihear temple will never be yours for a billion years, really!
Var Kim Hong does recognize that Cambodia, if compared to the colonial Service Geographique de l’Indochine scale map 1/100,000 and the 1985 delimitation treaty, will loses 9,000 hectares; and compared to U.S Army Mapping Service scale map 1/50,000 with the 1985 Treaty, would lose about 7,900 hectares to Vietnam. This statement was confirmed by Var Kim Hong to Mr. Touch Bora Esq through a telephone conversation on 30 August 2002 at 4:30 p.m. (Sydney time), which Mr. Touch Bora Esq wrote in his letter dated on 9 September 2002 sent to Sam Dach Ta Noroudom Sihanouk concerning over border affairs.
In fact, the loss is absolutely more than the 1000 square kilometers stated by MP Sam Rainsy in his statement, if we add the size of the historical water of 30000 square kilometers awarded to Vietnam under the 1982 Agreement which has been into affect and now already become under the full control of Vietnam. And this would not be the last if the equidistance principle be used to delimit the maritime boundary, Cambodia will lose an additional area of sea and seabed measuring at least 860 square nautical miles from the Brevie Line to the north, analyzed by Mr. Touch Bora Esq or another 10000 square kilometers confirmed by Mr. Sean Pengse, the President of the Cambodian Border Committee Worldwide, which exclusively include another Koh Poula Wai to Vietnam added to the previous lost islands- Koh Tral (Dao Phu Quoc) and Koh Poulo Panjang (Dao Thu Chu).
This is why sVar Kim Hong said in front of Students´s Movement for Democracy (SMD), and Sam Dach Ta Norodom Sihanouk on 22 Janaury 2000 during our audience with him concerning the border resolution with Vietnam that; “If we want peace, we must sacrifice our flesh to the tiger.” The truth is discovered now that, “Sacrifice the flesh to tiger actually means cutting our land to the Viet.” This word was clearly spoken out from his mouth and there were Sam Dach Ta as witness and 31 members.
We must condemn this Var Kim Hong for his role in helping the traitorous regime of Hun Sen.
Smart Khmer Girl Ms. Rattana Keo,
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 10,000 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 10,000km2 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 10,000 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 10,000 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,
What Thailand decision is right to stop the killings. I may go for it because I am pro-life.
Hun Sen must fire more B-21 because if he doesn't do that the cambodian people will rise up again him as they think he is a weak leader.
Ms Rattana Keo is the queen of all khmer youth, so she can win without war.
She is not magician but she is a great mathematician who can analysis risk and gain in these risky game of politics.
THESE FOOLISH LEADERS!
They will alway be childish morons!
Ms Rattana Keo = Fuck husband + Fuck boyfriend at the same time
She is going to fuck her father in law some time too. Her mother in law know it very well and love the rattana keo treesome cultures because the mother in law love treesome too.
Vietnam will insert B-21 rocket into ms rattana keo's vagina in order to please her sex life.
Hun Sen will insert another B-21 into ms rattana keo ass hole at the same time too
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