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Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Following the warning issued by Kasit Piromya, Thailand’s minister of Foreign Affairs, on UNESCO, asking the latter to ask authorization from Thailand to visit Preah Vihear temple, the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (CMFA) immediately rejected this unreasonable warning. On Thursday, Koy Kuong, spokesman of the CMFA, reacted to Kasit’s warning by saying that the issue raised by Kasit is wrong because Preah Vihear temple is located inside Cambodia. Koy Kuong claimed that the visit of UNESCO’s officials to Preah Vihear temple was done totally inside Cambodian territory, including the road to the temple itself. Koy Kuong said that, in the past, Thai officials who came to pay visit to monks residing inside Wat Keo Sekha Kiri Svarak Pagoda must ask the authorization from Cambodia, therefore the issue raised by Kasit must be rejected in its entirety.
