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| Thai and Cambodian soldiers eat together at Ta Kwai temple in Surin’sPhanomDong Rak district, about 140kmfrom thePreah Vihear temple. The two sides engaged in deadly border clashes in April. TAWATCHAI KEMGUMNERD |
23/07/2011
Wassana Nanuam
Bangkok Post
SURIN : Thailand and Cambodia's leaders may not be talking about their border problems, but on the ground, troops from both sides are already forging bonds.
Thai soldiers have invited their Cambodian counterparts to spend time with them at temples they have occupied on their side of the border.
Col Mang Mao, the commander of Cambodia's 423th Infantry Brigade is one of two Cambodian soldiers sent to spend 24 hours with two Thai soldiers at the Ta Kwai temple in Ban Ta Miang of Surin's Phanom Dong Rak district.
This is a measure to ensure Thai and Cambodian troops stationed in the disputed area have a chance to talk first to prevent any conflicts breaking out.
Col Mang Mao said border tension in Surin has eased since the July 3 election in Thailand.
"Cambodian soldiers hope that after Thailand has a new government, negotiations will resume. Then soldiers from both sides can stop fighting each other.
"In the past, in April in particular, the clashes were very violent. Soldiers of both countries suffered losses," he said.
Col Nat See-in, the commander of the Thai 26th Ranger Division, said two Thai soldiers and two Cambodian soldiers would be stationed at the Ta Kwai temple together around the clock.
Thai troops have occupied the nearby Ta Muan temple, but have allowed five unarmed Cambodian soldiers who are part of the Cambodian military's coordination team to spend six hours a day with the troops there as a trust-building measure.
These steps, intended to ease tension and prevent unnecessary armed confrontation between the two countries' soldiers, are in line with the policy of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Cambodian military leaders, said Col Mang Mao.
"They wanted Cambodian unit chiefs at the border to solve any disagreements through negotiations, not the use of force or shooting as in the past. They don't want the dispute to escalate."
Col Nat said the border tension lately has eased markedly.
"But we must not be reckless. We must be disciplined and stringently abide by the agreements between troops of the two countries," he said.
Several battalions of troops from both sides are still camped around Ta Muan temple and trouble could break out.
Capt Sen Nee of the Cambodian army who has been stationed at the Ta Muan temple said Cambodian soldiers were happy that Pheu Thai Party won the general election. They believed Pheu Thai would focus on holding truce talks with Cambodia rather than waging war.
16 comments:
Thai soldiers allow Cambdodian soliders station on their own temple in Ta Krobai? How is that posible that A Thai can do that? Oh, is it just another one of many million articles that bkk post has been bullshi*?
in reality the cambodian soldiers allowed the thais to come to the temple every morning to meet them. How do i know this? during the last clash there was a meeting between thais and khmer soldiers. the cambodian side said we will allow two thais soldiers to t meet the cambodia soldiers every morning at the temple. this way there will not be any misunderstanding. i guess to make themselves look good they told the bangcoc post different story, or the bangcoc post decided to make up their own story.
Just becareful when sharing food with those tricky bastard Thai soldiers. Never trust those Thai soldiers ever, cos they are still our enemy and they have known to trick our soldiers and observed our situation when they came to our Base so they can work out on how to attack us next.
Never trust Thai bastard.
Long live Cambodian!!
I don't understand why KI media still keep on posting the report of this writer of BP: Wassana Nanuam.
She wrote only her personal bias opinion for BP. There is no professional journalistic ethics in her writing at all.
It think it is useless to make this egoistic voice public!
Please!!!
don't ever quote from the bngcock post, they are bias and unfriendly to cambodia, you know! stop it, ok! they are useless for cambodia!
Don't dine with your enemy!!
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 30,000 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 30,000km2 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 30,000 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 30,000 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, President Ms. Rattana Keo,
This is a cardinal sin, an extreme disrespect to those Khmer soldiers died fighting the Thai agressors. The (Cambodian) commander who authorized the troops to sit down and have a meal with Thai soldiers must be relieved from duty.
Foreign armed forces that I had served with would never tolerate this kind of stupidity.
The Thais sit down and eat meal with Khmer soldiers not because they want to be friend, but because they want to assess the moral and possibly find out the weakness in Khmer soldiers, ...and so on. Why don't our military commander understand this?
my beloved khmer's soldiers,
please be careful with siam's trick
friend with them, but don't trust them, be careful with sniper
The article has shown Khmers still remain stupid. When are you going to wake up, only you who can answer to this?
Smart Khmer girl, President
Ms Rattana Keo,F.U
koh tral, can't get it back
This could have been an older picture that BP use. We know too well how skillful the Thais are in art of manipulation.
I have one recommendation for Hun Sen, contact N.Korea or China to buy nuclear warheads that can reach Bangkok. Only then will the Thais think twice about using Cambodia as a tool for internal politics.
What happen if Thai put poision in MeeKaTang..idiot?
"Thai troops have occupied the
nearby Ta Muan Temple" I quoted.
For how long?Since Khmer and Thai fought in 2008.Thai destroyed
Khmer market,and pagoda nearby
foothill.
So,Cambodia is a loser.
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