Bangkok POST REPORTERS
The cabinet yesterday approved the new map of Prasart Preah Vihear, clearing the way for Cambodia to propose the temple to Unesco as a World Heritage site.
Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama said the main point of concern to the cabinet was whether the map would affect the disputed area of 4.6 square kilometres on the border near the site.
The minister said that land, which has not been demarcated, was excluded from the new map and Thailand did not lose any sovereignty.
''The Foreign Ministry should get flowers instead of bricks for handling the issue,'' he said.
Mr Noppadon, who has come under severe criticism for his handling of the issue, said the map will be made public within days.
Earlier, the minister said the map would be made public only after Unesco approved the temple as a World Heritage site.
Members of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) yesterday rallied at the ministry and announced they would return today to demand Mr Noppadon clarify the Preah Vihear temple's borders, saying the public still held suspicions of conflicts of interests.
Mr Noppadon denied any hidden agenda in dealing with the issue.
Phnom Penh will propose Preah Vihear, called Khao Phra Viharn in Thai, to the meeting of Unesco's World Heritage Committee which begins in Quebec on July 2.
It needs backing from Thailand, which will be reflected in their joint statement.
The disputed border area will be left for the two countries to settle, Mr Noppadon said.
Navy chief Adm Sathirapan Keyanont said the new map, drawn by Cambodia, was acceptable as it reached only 20-30 metres from the Preah Vihear temple and did not encroach on the disputed area.
Cabinet approval came after the National Security Council endorsed the revised map on Monday.
The army has called for the ministry to hold talks with Cambodia about clearing away shops and houses of Cambodians that have been in the disputed area for eight years, an army source said.
''The Foreign Ministry should tell Cambodia to remove all those structures before the World Heritage listing,'' said the source.
The Senate committee on foreign affairs is about to officially ask the ministry and Unesco to delay World Heritage consideration of the ancient temple.
Senator M.R. Preeyanantana Rangsit said that under Article 190 of the constitution the government must seek approval from parliament before supporting any agreement that could affect Thai territory.
Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama said the main point of concern to the cabinet was whether the map would affect the disputed area of 4.6 square kilometres on the border near the site.
The minister said that land, which has not been demarcated, was excluded from the new map and Thailand did not lose any sovereignty.
''The Foreign Ministry should get flowers instead of bricks for handling the issue,'' he said.
Mr Noppadon, who has come under severe criticism for his handling of the issue, said the map will be made public within days.
Earlier, the minister said the map would be made public only after Unesco approved the temple as a World Heritage site.
Members of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) yesterday rallied at the ministry and announced they would return today to demand Mr Noppadon clarify the Preah Vihear temple's borders, saying the public still held suspicions of conflicts of interests.
Mr Noppadon denied any hidden agenda in dealing with the issue.
Phnom Penh will propose Preah Vihear, called Khao Phra Viharn in Thai, to the meeting of Unesco's World Heritage Committee which begins in Quebec on July 2.
It needs backing from Thailand, which will be reflected in their joint statement.
The disputed border area will be left for the two countries to settle, Mr Noppadon said.
Navy chief Adm Sathirapan Keyanont said the new map, drawn by Cambodia, was acceptable as it reached only 20-30 metres from the Preah Vihear temple and did not encroach on the disputed area.
Cabinet approval came after the National Security Council endorsed the revised map on Monday.
The army has called for the ministry to hold talks with Cambodia about clearing away shops and houses of Cambodians that have been in the disputed area for eight years, an army source said.
''The Foreign Ministry should tell Cambodia to remove all those structures before the World Heritage listing,'' said the source.
The Senate committee on foreign affairs is about to officially ask the ministry and Unesco to delay World Heritage consideration of the ancient temple.
Senator M.R. Preeyanantana Rangsit said that under Article 190 of the constitution the government must seek approval from parliament before supporting any agreement that could affect Thai territory.
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Outstanding achievement from his excellency (Noppadon Pattama)!
Please shoot Ah Khmer-Yuon who try to create tension between Khmer and Khmer-Thai.
it is seemed that the CPP cabinet took only a few minutes each to look at the new map of Prasart Preah Vihear and all approved it!
that's what happened when the blind is leading the blind!
Well, we certainly don't have another 200 years to kill here. The inflation keep on moving, and if we don't get things developed, people will get poorer and poorer.
even a khmer person like myself think mr. noppadon is reasonable and he knows what he is talking about, right from wrong. anyway, the dispute, although i thought the court ruling of 1962 indicated the so-called disputed area belongs to cambodia, is a separate thing fro the actually temple itself and that even that "disputed area is still needed to be worked one, perhaps a joint development by both thailand and cambodia or whatever. forget the temple as it is non-negotiable with cambodia, period. good job mr. noppadon, maybe thai leaders need to educate their ignorant thai subjects more about right from wrong and for thai people not to bite too much into their mouth as they can choke from stuffing themselves of what and come out less than what may benefit them and what they were bargaining for. if any one to lose more land, it is the cambodia, not thailand, actually. so enough already, thailand, stop being so greedy and learn to share with cambodia as your country never have war and the KR atrocity like in cambodia. so feel lucky for having avoided such fate like what had happened in cambodia and have love and compassion with cambodia, instead of greed and hate because you people are buddhist just like cambodia and you should know better about karma. what goes around comes around! so, as one of the khmer person on this blog, i suggest to thailand and thai people to cultivate or foster loving friendship with cambodia, instead of so much greed and hates which will do nothing good for the good neighborly relationship between the two kingdom of cambodia and thailand for future to come. please think about it. we can be friend forever or enemies forever, please choose wisely. a khmer person.
i think it's one thousand years after the decline of the angkor great power, not the buddha's birth year to 5 years like the article pointed out. so, cambodia will be changing for better. god bless cambodia.
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