REUTERS
Cambodia's Foreign Minister Hor Namhong cracked open the champagne to celebrate when news filtered through of a landslide election win by Thailand's opposition party, hoping a border dispute that brought the two neighbours to the brink of war this year can now be put to rest.
Relations were severely strained under Thailand's defeated Democrat Party-led government, but Cambodia seems confident the historic foes can start anew with Yingluck Shinawatra's Puea Thai Party at the helm in Bangkok.
"We cannot hide that we are happy with the victory of the Puea Thai Party. We hope this new government will solve the problems with Cambodia more positively and more peacefully," Cambodia's Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said after making a toast with a glass of champagne with diplomats. That's what we want, a peaceful solution."
Clashes flared between Thai and Cambodian troops in February and April near disputed ancient Hindu temples on two parts of the border, killing a total of 18 people and forcing the relocation of tens of thousands of villagers on both sides.
The clashes were accompanied by verbal tirades and personal insults traded by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Thai counterpart, Abhisit Vejjajiva.
The biggest bone of contention is the 11th Century Preah Vihear temple which an international court awarded to Cambodia in 1962 after decades of squabbles over jurisdiction.
Cambodia wants to list Preah Vihear as a Unesco World Heritage Site, but Thailand has sought to stall the process, insisting a 4.6 sq km area of scrub around the ruins must first be demarcated.
Thailand last week threatened to withdraw from the World Heritage Committee in protest at what it said was Cambodia's uncompromising stance. What riled Abhisit's government the most was Hun Sen's decision to appoint ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra - Ms Yingluck's self-exiled brother - a special economic adviser rather than extradite him to Thailand to serve a two-year prison term for graft.
Thaksin later gave up the Cambodian post.
Analysts in Cambodia believe the chances of peace between Cambodia and Thailand would be higher with Yingluck in charge and Abhisit's Democrat Party out of the picture.
"She will be playing a role as the mother and she will put out all the flames," said Sok Touch, rector of Phnom Penh's Khemarak University.
Cambodian tycoon Senator Mong Reththy, who has several joint ventures with Thai investors in palm oil and port businesses, said he was confident a new Thai government would be a boost for trade and investment.
"When I heard this news, I was very happy. Everybody knows Abhisit's government regarded Cambodia as the enemy, unlike any other before," Mong Reththy said.
"Now, Thai investments will flow into Cambodia."
5 comments:
Stupid Thai, what else you want ?
Yingluck Shinawatra=Yak's ling(a) Shinawatra.
Hor Namhong, don’t be too excited.
Remember Thai work for their own interest first before other nations'.
But the current Khmer government works for the Viet interest first.
Hun Sen's government should openly and publicly show the map made by French and Siam to ordinary Khmer people to see also, after, if the French's goverment grant that map to Hun Sen's Govt. We khmer people want to see only the Preah Vihear but Koh Kood too. Why once Hao Nam Hong and Hun Sen said Koh kood is thais while many khmers and thais said it is Khmers. It is not so certain.
Hor Namhong really has a strong reassons behing his happyness.
And that reason was who origionally formed Thai red-shirts formerlly known as Red Thai or The Communist Party of Siems?
What is the real reasons behind Hun Sen supporting Thaksin ?
One of the reasons is truth story about this is look at the past activities and real background of Thai red-shirts architecture you will see the closed relationship betwenn Ho Chi Minh and the previous and present of Thai red-shirts leaders with present yuon Hanoi leaders and how Viet Minh and Viet Congs used Lao and Cambodia to fulfill late Ho Chi Minh ‘s dream about Indochina Federation .
But now late Ho Chi Minh ‘ s dream has became nearly truth.
So yuon Hanoi has a strong network in Thailand , red-shirts is part of this network , Thai red-shirts formally called Red Thai. Note: 1. Pol Pot used to support this red Thai to block Thai ambition to swallow part of Cambodia as Thai did during the 1940s, Thai invaded Battambang, Sieam Reap ....ect.
But yuon through its puppet Hun Sen support Thai red-shirts to swallow Thailand in the future when they have finish Lao and Cambodia.
So former Red Thai or better known as Thai red-shirts most of them are originally are Khmer known as Khmer Leu such as Surin , Buriram ect... . are not bad people it depend on how and who used them for what purpose.
Note: Among Khmer communist or non-communist no one know the real history and real background than Nuon Chea , because Nuon Cheas was:
1. Nuon Chea was a former member of Communist Party of Thailand before he became the deputy Secretary-General of Communist Party of Kampuchea ( also known as Democratic Kampuchea ) between 1975-1979.
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