Sunday, July 13, 2008

Samak says any government would have had to endorse Cambodia's Preah Vihear registration

July 13, 2008
The Nation

Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said Sunday that any government would have had done the same thing with what his administration has done in endorsing Cambodia's registration of Preah Vihear a world heritage site.

He said had the post-coup interim government remained in office, it would have done the same thing with what his government had done regarding the Preah Vihear listing.

Speaking during his live talk programme, Samak said had the Democrat won the election, it would have also done the same thing.

He said Cambodia would seek to register Preah Vihear with our without Thai endorsement and it could have caused more damages had the World Heritage Committee approved the registration of the disputed overlapping land as part of the world heritage site.

The prime minster said his government endorsed the registration after Cambodia agreed to register only the temple not the surrounding landscape.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nothing surprise Mr Siamock. Jasmina

Anonymous said...

He will never succeed, the poor PM!

Anonymous said...

Mr. Samak Sundaravej you did well, especially when you endorsed Cambodia. However, when you allowed your high ranking official to flip flop on the official words, you are not honorable at all.