Xinhua
Thailand on Friday agreed on the deployment of Indonesian observers at its border with Cambodia, said Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa on the sidelines of the 18th ASEAN Summit.
"Thailand is very clear in stating that not only the discussion has been concluded but agreement has been achieved. Thailand is in full agreement with the terms of reference (TOR) for the assignment of Indonesian observers. There is no more negotiation for that," Marty told reporters after meeting with his Thai counterpart Kasit Piromya.
He said what remains now is the actual normalization of the agreement between the two sides and that the keyword is to create "conditions conducive" to the deployment of Indonesian observers.
However, he said, Thailand submitted a requirement for the withdrawal of Cambodian troops.
"I am sure Cambodia has its own view on that. Whether it is acceptable or not, from our perspective, we use the term ' conditions conducive' for the assignment of our Indonesian observer team," Marty said.
"We can proceed one step at a time as long as we have the necessary political will," he added.
Before meeting with the Thai foreign minister, Marty also talked with his Cambodian counterpart Hor Namhong over the issue. He said that on Saturday he will have further conversation with the two ministers on defining the "conditions conducive" to the assignment of observers.
Cambodia and Thailand invited Indonesia, the current rotating chair of ASEAN, to send observers to their respective border near Preah Vihear temple on Feb. 22 this year after the deadly clashes between the two sides on Feb. 4-7.
Indonesia agreed to send 15 observers to each border side in order to monitor a ceasefire, but since then the deployment has not been implemented as both sides did not agreed on the TOR.
The border between Thailand and Cambodia has never been completely demarcated. Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple was listed as a World Heritage Site on July 7, 2008. A week later, border conflicts arose because Thailand claims the ownership of 4.6 square kilometers of scrub next to the temple, which has triggered military build-up along the border and caused deaths on both sides.
7 comments:
"Thailand submitted a requirement for the withdrawal of Cambodian troops."
=If Cambodia didn't invade Thailand and why Thailand asked Cambodia to withdraw its troop?
There go again the Siem thieves a career criminal just never quit! You Siem thieves just want to steal and to kill Cambodian people for something that didn't belong to you!
Cambodia will shoot you Siem thieves first then talk later!
It's Thai Hypocrisy!
Cambodia accept Indonesian obserbers without Thai Pre-condition, that means without the Cambodian withdrawal from the so-called 4 sqaure miles disputed area.
That is what Hun Sen is saying without precondition. We have to wait and see which of the two side is lying. Do you really trust Hun Sen and his CCP people?
Just like a week of fighting. The Thais wanted to kill Khmer by attacking the Khmer and at the end they allowed two Thais soldiers stay in the temple. Do that make any sense?
Since Hun Sen was a Khmer Rouge commander of the Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime, now a Khmer Rouge leader of the Cambodian Peoples Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime and had many of his political opponents and journalists assassinated, I wonder if he have any plan to assassinate the Thai Prime Minister (Ahbullshit Vejjajiva)?
Indonesia FM is very smart. He knows all along that Thailand is very sneaky and always twist things around. So he brilliantly choses his words to make sure that Thailand can not find excuses or pretext to deny observers at the border.
You guys forgot to mention Surin province is belonged to khmer.
If Thai respects Cambodia integrity,
Thai will be good model in Asia.
Will Vietnam be good too?If Vietnam
won't be good,Thai will never is.
Khmer leaders and Khmer people must
change their attitudes.
Stop depending on Thai and Vietnam
for greedy power.
I want to change,"ខ្មែរស៊ុតទ្រុឌ មិនចោល
ពាក្យចែចូវ"into"ខ្មែរចិត្តមុះមុតប៉ិនសាមគ្គី"។
What the words,UNITY,JUSTICE,VIRTUE,and RULE
OF LAWS Or PRINCIPLE OF BEHAVIOR
mean to Cambodians.
Could they forgive and forget the past mistakes?
If Cambodians have made WAR OF WORDS or POINTED FINGER TO EACH OTHER,WHEN WILL THEY HAVE UNITY?
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