The Nation Opinion
Re: "Meetings with Cambodia unofficial, not secret: Suthep", August 31.
It is shocking to learn that former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban allegedly had secret meetings with Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister Sok An during the last Abhisit government's rule. It's even more disgusting that the subject of the secret talks was the joint maritime cooperation between Thailand and Cambodia. What was Suthep up to?
In March 2010, a Cambodian opposition website alleged that a secret oil deal between high-level government leaders of Thailand and Cambodia did happen in 2006, but never went through because the September 19, 2006 coup that ousted the then Thai government happened first (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/khmerintelligence/message/722.)
Hence, all Thais should be aware of the goings on in the Thai-Cambodia joint maritime negotiations from now on. We must demand that agreements are done in an open and transparent manner. We must also demand that all negotiations and agreements are put through and endorsed by Parliament only. No more secret deals.
Chavalit Van
Chiang Mai
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