21/12/2011
Wassana Nanuam & Manop Thip-Osod
Bangkok Post
The 8th meeting of the Thai-Cambodian General Border Committee finally began today in Phnom Penh after a series of clashes this year.
The deadly conflicts were sparked by a long-standing dispute over 4.6 sq-km of land around the centuries-old Preah Vihear Temple.
Cambodia in particular has been looking forward to the GBC as everything seems to be in its favour at the moment.
Thailand was forced to bow to the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) provisional order to withdraw troops from a 17.3 sq-km demilitarised zone, of which 8.5 sq-km is in Thailand and 8.8 sq-km is in Cambodia, and allow Indonesian observers into the area.
However, the armed forces' Supreme Commander Thanasak Patimaprakorn has previously rejected the ICJ's ruling, likening it to "practically losing territory". But since the Pheu Thai-led government has "very good relations" with Cambodian leader Hun Sen, the armed forces have no choice but to follow orders.
With strong ties to ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, Hun Sen seems to have had very few obstacles in his path.
"We never wanted to pull out the troops. But now it has become an obligation. We have no authority to make any decision about that," said Gen army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha.
Thailand and Cambodia are expected to sign an agreement to implement a set of joint measures in line with a five-point plan set out by the ICJ.
Other than the withdrawal of troops and deployment of observers, the ICJ also ruled that Thailand and Cambodia must set up a joint security checkpoint, jointly regulate the Keo Sikha Kiri Svara pagoda as well as the markets and communities nearby the Preah Vihear temple, and allow Unesco officials to enter the disputed area.
These five issues will be discussed by Defence Minister Gen Yutthasak Sasiprapa and his Cambodian counterpart Tea Banh at the GBC meeting.
Meanwhile yesterday, the Democrat Party accused Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul of allowing Unesco officials to enter the disputed Preah Vihear area alone without seeking permission from Thai authorities.
Democrat spokesman Chavanond Intarakomalyasut also berated Mr Surapong for failing to lodge a protest against Unesco's accusation that Thai troops had damaged the Preah Vihear temple during the clashes earlier this year.
8 comments:
You Siem military thugs will eat Cambodian dirt!
Hopefully border issue is not resolved just on the west, but also border issue with vietnam too.
Border with vietnam is more serious than the bullshit border issue with thailand.
Talk...Talk...Talk!... is useless. Border talk with Thailand has been over two decades. It is useless.
Ah Kim jung Ill is a dictator, but he did protect his land for his Communist Korean.
Ah Hun Sen is a dictator and sol his country to Yuon and to the other foreigner.
Look beyond the problem. Why this problem occurs?
The puppet government's defiance of the 1991 Paris Peace Accord and its adoption of the bilateral treaties with Vietnam encouraged Thailand to do something that is conformed to those bilateral treaties, using a new drawing map.
To resolve this problem, the puppet government must abrogate those bilateral treaties, then adopt and implement the 1991 Paris Accord.
Hun Shit must free himself from Yuon's slave. He is old now. He should die as Khmer hero, not as Yuon's slave and the biggest traitor in Khmer history beside Sdach Lob Sihanouk.
SI ON PARLE DU PROBLEME DE LA FRONTIERE ON A DEUX OU TROIS PROBLEMES CE SONT DES CHOSES INDISPENSABLES POUR REGLER AVEC DES PAYS VOISINS EN COMMENCANT PAR LE VIÉTNAM C'EST LA PRINCIPALE GROSSE PROBLEME AVEC LE VIÉTNAM CAR C'EST NOUS (KHMER LE GRAND PERDANT). VA KIMHONG LEGRAND TRAITE ,GRAND MAFIA TRAVAIL POUR YOUN. N'OUBLIONS PAS LE KOSS TRALL ,KOSS AECH SESS= SEULEMENT LE KOSSTROLL POUR TROIS MILLIONS KILOMETRES CARÉS ET SANS OUBLIER LES AUTRES TERRAINS PRDUS AUX VIÉTNAM=YOUN.2Ieme c'est thai. etsans oublier le laos ....
Only one solution right now is having more sex to produce more babies in compete with Vietcog population in Cambodia.
More sexual intercourse to save our nation.
4:11AM
IS YOUR SISTER BEAUTIFULL ENOUGH AND STRONG ENOUGH TO HAVE SEX WITH EVERYBODY??? IS YOUR WIFE SATISFIED WITH YOU OR DOES SHE NEED HELP FROM OUSIDE????
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