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Cambodia's management plan for Preah Vihear temple trespasses on Thai territory (sic!), according to Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti, who said yesterday he would call on the World Heritage Committee to delay consideration of the plan for another year.
Suwit was scheduled to meet Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister Sok An in Paris today and discuss postponing the management plan until both countries are able to settle the border row.
"We should stop fighting and instead cooperate to have the boundary demarcated via the Joint Boundary Commission," Suwit told reporters.
"Once the boundary demarcation is completed, this problem would be resolved. Cambodia would then have the freedom to do what it wants on its own land."
Thailand and Cambodia have been at loggerheads over Preah Vihear for a long time, and the conflict intensified when the World Heritage Committee and Unesco agreed to list the Hindu temple as a World Heritage Site in 2008.
Thailand disagreed with the listing and wants the committee to delay consideration of the temple's management plan, as it fears Cambodia would seize land near the temple, which Thailand claims as its own.
Sok An said on Monday said Cambodia's plan would not affect Thailand as it only covered Cambodian territory.
Sok An said he was prepared to discuss the management plan with Suwit and tell Unesco about the damage inflicted upon the temple during the major military clash between Thai and Cambodian troops in February.
Cambodia would also urge Unesco to dispatch its experts to evaluate the damage and consider renovation, he said.
Meanwhile, Phnom Penh's National Committee for World Heritage issued a statement earlier arguing that Suwit has no reason to delay the consideration of the Preah Vihear's management plan as the World Heritage Committee had decided last year to consider the documents during its 35th session this year.
"It is worth recalling that Mr Suwit himself signed [the document], with the Cambodian head of delegation and chairperson of the session, and recognised the draft Decision," the statement said.
The World Heritage Committee will be holding its 35th session from June 1929 in Paris.
8 comments:
Based on Thai unilateral drawn up map.
Cambodian can do whatever we want right now. Cambodian built the temple then without asking Thai permision, wait, Thai did not exist yet, well, we can do whatever we want now.
Now, to make you happy and if you man enough, go and build a temple inside your land. Not in Surin, not in Chieng Mai or any of Khmer former land, because we will get them back if there is opportunity!
The Siem are thuggish people and ungrateful newcomer to the region they have forgotten their root! The Siem need to go home back to Nanchoa which is the birth place of all Siem people!
The Siem thugs think that they are so tough and invincible with their billion dollars economy? And thank in part to Uncle SAM! Without Uncle SAM the Siem are chickenshit and a fucken sore looser!
You Siem try and you Siem will die!
នេះហើយដែលខ្មែរគ្រប់បានចងចាំថា,"អាសៀមមិន
ចោលក្បួន អាយួនមិនចោលពុត".លើកទៅឆ្នាំ
ក្រោយទៀត លើកទៅឆ្នាំក្រោយទៀត។ឆ្នាំក្រោយ
មិនចេះចប់។នេះចំជាជាងកាត់ពោលថា
"ថ្ងៃស្អែកកាត់សក់មិនយកលុយ".ថ្ងៃស្អែកហើយ
ហើយថ្ងៃស្អែកទៀត។អាចោលម្សៀត អាសៀមអាចម៍
គ្រី។
There is no such thing as Thai territory, the whole Thailand was part of Khmer Empire.
cambodia can never accept siem's unilateral map, you know! we all know that siem stole from khmer people, really!
Wow, I can't believe they still insisting about this. They should know that we can't waste anymore time with SIAM!
Let's move on and develop the area for tourist attraction.
Khmer Preah Vihear,
Welcome! Welcome!
Great Vietgook Empire is now Called Great Vietgook Expired.
Great Vietgook Expired is now offical name called Chinaviet province of wonder.
Welcome! Welcome to Chinaviet The Province Of Wonder!
LOL
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