April 29, 2011, 9:28 pm
1. Thailand takes note of the submission of a request by Cambodia to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 28 April 2011 and will take appropriate steps in accordance with its rights under international law.
2. Thailand is not surprised by this latest move by Cambodia in light of the latter’s pattern of behaviors and clear motives in the past few months, especially since 22 April 2011.
3. Thailand regrets that Cambodia decided to completely disregard progress being made in various tracks as follows:
3.1 Just hours before the Cambodian submission at The Hague, Thai and Cambodian regional military commanders reached a preliminary common understanding to instruct respective troops to refrain from further hostilities at a border area of Surin Province, Thailand, and that boundary negotiations should best be left to negotiators from both countries.
3.2 Also just hours before the Cambodian submission at The Hague, conversations between Thai and Indonesian Foreign Ministers, and between Indonesian and Cambodian Foreign Ministers respectively, had yielded satisfactory progress in terms of diplomacy to ensure continued peace and stability in the area near the Temple of Phra Viharn, which is over 140 kilometres away from where the incidents in Surin Province took place.
3.3 Thai and Cambodian Foreign Ministers already spoke with each other and agreed to meet soonest to resolve outstanding issues to the bilateral relations. Thai and Cambodian Prime Ministers are also scheduled to attend the ASEAN Summit meeting in Jakarta in the next few days.
3.4 On 7-8 April 2011, the Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission
(JBC), which is a joint mechanism established by the two countries to deal with land boundary matters, was convened in Bogor, Indonesia. The meeting discussed a range of issues, for example, preparations for production of orthophoto maps of the boundary between Thailand and Cambodia. Both sides agreed to meet again soon. The convening of the said meeting was a demonstration of willingness of Thailand and Cambodia to move this process forward, despite the fact that at that time Thailand had not yet completed its internal legal procedures for the Agreed Minutes of the previous three JBC meetings. Now that Thailand has completed its internal legal procedures on this matter, there is no reason why both countries cannot continue this bilateral process in good faith if there is a will to do so. It is important to recall that, during the Bogor meeting, the Cambodian side expressed its desire to see the completion of these internal legal procedures in Thailand as early as possible in order to proceed with relevant works of the JBC.
3.5 It is important to recall that the Seventh Meeting of the Joint Commission for Bilateral Relations between Cambodia and Thailand in Siem Reap, Cambodia, 3-4 February 2011, concluded with the following paragraph in its Record of Discussion:
“44. The Cambodian side expressed understanding of the internal process of consideration of the three Agreed Minutes of the Joint Commission on Land Boundary (JBC) of the Thai side and hoped for its earliest completion so that both sides can proceed expeditiously with all relevant works of the JBC, including, in priority, the survey and demarcation works in Sector 6, as well as the process of orthophoto maps, the fact finding mission and location of boundary pillars in the other remaining sectors.”
4. In light of the above facts, it is clear that Cambodia will stop at nothing to achieve its specific political expediencies even though it would mean creating a conflict, disregarding the bilateral commitments already made and bypassing the ongoing efforts by the ASEAN family just days ahead of the ASEAN Summit. It is therefore sad that many lives have been lost and livelihoods of peoples on both sides of the border have been adversely affected as a result of this calculated strategy by Cambodia.
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29 April 2011
6 comments:
Thailand, your moves are so transparent! The whole international community see through your facade of rationalizations. Cambodia was correct to go back to the Hague because maybe then you will have to face the reality of the international law and, this time, perhaps you will abide by its decision.
Thai cost so much suffering on Cambodian. The invader blam the victims-so classic of a bad people.
Let Abhisit teams, face off with the world court body in Hollands
1 for all,
the problems never ended - go around and around..
At the moments, Siam policies is to flip flop..
ពួកអាប្រឆាំងវាមិនដែលនិយាយសោកស្តាយអំពី
កងយុទ្ធពលខេមរភូមិន្ទខ្មែរនោះទេពីព្រោះអាពួក
ទាំងនេះពិតជាបំរើការឲ្យអាពួកសៀមចោរឈ្លាន
ពានដីខ្មែរពិតប្រកដមែន។
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,
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