BANGKOK, May 11 (UPI) -- Thailand's prime minister hit out at Cambodia, saying no international observers will be allowed on the disputed border where both armies remain on high alert.
"Thailand's stance remains the same. If Cambodia doesn't withdraw its troops from the disputed border area, no observers will be sent there," Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said.
Indonesia offered to send troops as observers to the area in which Thai and Cambodian armies have periodically clashed, resulting in the deaths of more than a dozen Thai soldiers and an undisclosed number of Cambodian soldiers.
The offer was made and initially accepted during a meeting between foreign delegations in Jakarta this week.
Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya and his Cambodian counterpart Hor Namhong hammered out the agreement. They made the deal after a failed meeting between Abhisit and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit Sunday.
"The achievement this afternoon exceeded my expectations," Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa told media after the agreement.
The latest series of clashes between Thailand and Cambodia began in February. The fighting has been condemned by the United Nations and ASEAN, to which Thailand and Cambodia belong.
One of the main areas in the dispute is near the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple, since 2008 a World Heritage site, in the Dangrek Mountains on the Thai-Cambodia border 300 miles east of Bangkok.
The International Court of Justice ruled in 1962 that the temple was on Cambodian land but some access to the mountaintop site passes through Thai territory, a route that Thai troops occasionally seal off.
Fighting has flared in the area within the past several years, notably in October 2008 when two Cambodian troops died and seven Thai troops were wounded in an hourlong gun battle.
Thai and Cambodian field commanders agreed to a cease-fire in late April but it was quickly broken, with both sides blaming the other.
This week Thailand's army requested customs officers to slow down the export to Cambodia of fuel and other strategic products that the Cambodian military could use to support their troops in operations against Thai forces.
Products include vehicle fuel, oil and natural gas.
The border remains open in many place and local people are allowed to pass, as well as some tourists, Bangkok's media report.
Abhisit's hardening position comes after this week's announcement that Thailand will go to the polls July 3 in a national election.
The poll will be the first for Abhisit, whose coalition government came to power in 2008 after a court dissolved the then governing party.
It also comes a year after anti-government riots and protests disrupted several central areas of Bangkok, leaving more than 90 people dead.
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ខ្មែរគ្រប់រូបបានជ្រាបច្បាស់ហើយ កម្ពុជាមិនអាច
គេចខ្លួនរួចពីយួន ចិនកម្មុយនិស្តទេ.ជាតិទាំង ទ្វេនេះ រួបរិតស៊ីសាច់ហុតឈាមខ្មែរលុះត្រា
អវសាននៃជីវិតខ្មែរ.ចិនស្រលាញ់ខ្មែរក្រហម យួនស្អប់ខ្មែរក្រហម.ខ្មែរស្អប់ខ្មែរក្រហម ខ្មែរវៀតមិញនិងយួន.ធួនមិនធួនយួនស៊ីដីខ្មែរអស់ ខ្មែរចូលចិត្តឈ្លោះ ព្រោះយួនចាក់រុក សៀមរំអុកខ្មែរព្រោះច្រណែនយួន.
Cambodia must take a strong stance with Thailand. They talk big but there is no substance. WE got all legality to fight against them. Just move wisely!!! WE don't need to rush for something we are not sure of.
Hi 9:51PM
With million Vietnamese have been presence in Cambodia and Cambodia has no border with Vietnam, I assume that Cambodia technically is also Vietnam though officially not, SO I do not favor with this kind of WAR. I do not side with Hun Sen, a Viet puppet nor I side with Abhisit, but I prefer to stay with Thailand instead of the barbarian Viets.
10:01PM,
Once the Thai has identified you as khmer,your life is over.These 2 neighbors of ours are horrible. They did not, are not ,and will not like us the khmer.We don't need either one of them as our superior.These 2 races used to look down on us for centuries.To be safe from their jaw,and it's sad to say, we need to nuke them if we have some ,for our survival.
The two neighbors of Khmer came from the same root, southern China. The products from these two neighbors have Chinese, Thai, Viet, and Laos but not Khmer. Look how they look down on racist toward Khmer as long as Hun Dog is still ruling Cambodia.
YA'LL SHOULD LISTEN TO ME..
HUN SEN CAN BE A TOUGH GUY FOR KHMER PEOPLE AND THE COUNTRY,,IF HUN SEN ACTING TOUGH RIGHT NOW,HE'LL LOST AID FROM THE INTERNATIONL DONORS..GET IT! YA'LL NUMBSKULL AND KNOCKLHEAD IDIOTS..
LONG LIVE HUN SEN..
So is it really true that Thai, Laos and Viet aren't natives to South East Asia? While Khmer's are? So does it mean that those three countries are actually Chinese people with fake identities, fake culture, fake country and fake race?
Thai, Lao, Viet are from Chinese originally...Khmers are from India, 'Kambujah Tribe'...The(Northern part of India)
No wonder khmers are dark skin like Black people..? LoL!
Damn I never knew Thai, Lao and Viet people were actually Chinese people from China that's surprising to me. Why is it that Thai and Laos culture look like Khmer culture? At least Viet culture retains that Chinese influence culture. That's pretty cool Khmer's were from India though. I'm still shocked that Thai, Lao and Viet isn't a real race their just basically Chinese people with new invented languages and country.
11:47 PM
To sell their products in Cambodia do not require toughness from HunXen to have their products Khmer written on it. It's insulting and racist from Thai and Viet to it on purpose.
2:25 AM
Viet have North Viet first as their own country by breaking away from China.
Thai and Laos were under the influence of Khmer for a very long time before breaking away with large population of Khmer with it especially Thailand.
Past,present,and future.
Where were they from Lao,Thai,and
Vietnam,or Khmer?The past was the
past .Khmer people should think what happening in the present.
Some blogger here,have you been to
Cambodia?
I went to visit Cambodia once every
two years.I have seen Thai visitors
in Angkor watt,Siem Reap,but I saw
plenty of Vietnamese immigrants everywhere in Cambodia.They are new
comers.They have new houses,large
pieces of land when Cambodians get
small piece of land.They can buy
Khmer villager land.Where did they
get money ?Vietnam govt gave them or what?
Vietnam took Koh Tral,seawater,and
Cambodia as it province.
CAMBODIA IS A COMMUNIST STATE UNDER HUN SEN AS A GOVERNOR.
Cambodia is a ghost state.
To 1:08AM
Laugh some more you fool! Do you think that all Indian are dark skin? Honestly do you think that all Khmer people are dark skin?
What is dark skin by your definition? Dark brown, light brown, tan, light skin? ahhahhah
I invite you to check the color of your skin? Especially your private parts, your armpit, your neck ,your...! ahahhahahh
Anymore comments fool!
"Thailand's stance remains the same. If Cambodia doesn't withdraw its troops from the disputed border area, no observers will be sent there," Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said."
=AH Abishit needs to shut the fuck up because his unelected illegal government has no mandate! Cambodian leaders don't give a fuck if AH Abishit don't want observers and the peace and stability at the border!
It is useless to talk or negotiate with AH Abishit and the rest of the Siem thuggish leaders!
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