Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand regarding the situation along the Thai-Cambodian border on 27-29 April 2011
April 29, 2011, 8:20 pm
With regard to the situation along the Thai-Cambodian border on 27-29 April 2011, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to state the following:
1. On 27 April 2011 from 20.40-21.10 hours, the Cambodian troops started launching attacks into the area around Ta Kwai Temple in Panom Dongrak District, Surin Province, Thailand, using small arms, mortars, artilleries, rocket propelled grenades and hand grenades. The exchange of fires expanded into the area around Ta Muen Temples, Surin Province. The unprovoked armed attack by Cambodian troops resumed from 23.30 hours until 00.50 hours of the next day (28 April 2011).
2. On 28 April 2011 from 04.00-08.30 hours, the Cambodian troops renewed the armed attack using small arms, mortars and artilleries into the area around Ta Kwai Temple and Ta Muen Temples, as well as Karb Cheang District hospital in Surin Province. The attacks resulted in the death of one Thai soldier and injuries of eleven Thai soldiers and six civilians.
At 10.30 hours, the Commander of the Second Army Area of Thailand and the Commander of the Fourth Military Region of Cambodia met at the border to discuss measures to be taken to reduce tensions. The mutual understanding resulting from the said meeting included the avoidance of armed clashes of both sides. However, at 21.00 hours, the Cambodian troops resumed firing rifles and launching hand grenades into the area of Ta Muen Temples, Chong Krang Pass and Ta Kwai Temple, in Surin Province, constituting a breach of aforementioned understanding.
3. On 29 April 2011 from 03.00-06.00 hours, the unprovoked armed attack by Cambodia started again in the area around Ta Kwai Temple, with the use of small arms, rifles, hand grenades and mortars. The result of this round of attack caused one death of Thai soldier and injuries of six Thai soldiers.
4. Thailand exercised its utmost restraint. Nevertheless, the repetition of these provocative acts of aggression left the Thai troops with no choice but to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as in protection of the Thai civilians in the area, by using proportionate means with necessity, under international law, and strictly directed at only military targets.
Nonetheless, the Thai troops chose not to react to the armed attack by Cambodia on several occasions when the civilian population could be at risk of danger. One such occasion was on 26 April 2011 when the Cambodian troops fired BM 21 rockets from the O Samet Village, O Samet District, Udon Meechai Province in Cambodia into the area around Ta Kwai Temple and Ta Muen Temples in Thailand. Thailand has tried to avoid causing losses to civilians as much as possible and, in exercising utmost restraint, decided not to respond to the said armed attack by Cambodia. However, the series of armed attack by Cambodia on that day resulted in the death of one Thai civilian and injuries of two Thai civilians.
5. Thailand therefore protests in a strongest term that the repeated unprovoked armed attacks by Cambodia, and the use of civilians including children and women as “human shield” are in clear violation of international law. Thailand condemns Cambodia’s acts of aggression which have put the lives of civilians at risks. Thailand also deplores the breach of understanding on avoidance of armed clashes by Cambodian troops which underlines the insincerity of Cambodia to resolve the dispute in a peaceful manner.
6. Thailand hereby demands that such provocative conducts by Cambodia be ceased immediately and calls on the Cambodian side to resolve disputes through peaceful dialogue under existing bilateral mechanisms.
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29 April 2011
4 comments:
All CPP members and Hun Sen regime don't dare to take back 30 000km2 from Vietnam because they are working for Vietnam goverment to kill all Cambodia and convert Cambodia to Nambodia.
CPP and Hun Sen regime keep give more Cambodia lands and resources to Vietnam.
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,
ក្បាលមែអាហ្ហែងក៏យួនវាជួយរំដោះឲ្យផុតពីអាពតដែរ
ហេតុអ្វីបានជាឆាប់ភ្លេចគុណគេម្លេះ?
Why are you so stupid forgot your mom and your family that Viet saved your life motherfucker you fucking bitch.
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