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| Duck Shot aka Tea Banh (Photo: DAP) |
Cheang Sokha
The Phnom Penh Post
Cambodian Defence Minister Tea Banh is set to carry out sideline talks with his Thai counterpart Prawit Wongsuwon at a regional summit starting tomorrow, in the latest diplomatic effort to follow April’s deadly border clashes.
Ta Banh is set to leave for Indonesia today to take part in the two-day Association of Southeast Asean Nations defence ministers’ summit in Jakarta.
Lieutenant-general Chhum Socheat, spokesman for Ministry of Defence, said yesterday that “as planned the two defence ministers will meet” in talks mediated by ASEAN chair Indonesia. He would not reveal specific topics to be tabled but said the ASEAN meeting would review developments in the region, including security issues.
The talks follow a series of high-level meets between both sides after deadly fighting broke out at the Thai-Cambodian border in both February and April. The latest hostilities claimed at least 18 lives.
Earlier this month, Cambodia’s Foeign Minister Hor Namhong met with Thailand’s Kasit Piromya to set out a six-point plan to allow neutral observers to the border.
Although the agreement was brokered, Thai officials have repeatedly quibbled over the terms of reference for their deployment and have asked for Cambodia to withdraw its troops from territory adjacent to Preah Vihear that is claimed by both sides.
Cambodia has strongly rejected the demand. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Hun Sen blasted it as “irrational and unacceptable” for a foreign country to demand the withdrawal of troops from what Cambodia sees as its territory.
4 comments:
Tea Banh,you are Khmer Thai citizen,you can speak with Thai Chinese citizen.Both of you do not
need translator.
You should,Tea Banh,ask sea water
Preah Vihear and 4.6 square miles
to your native.
So Khmer can have peace among Thai
and Vietnam.Hun Sen can do so can
you;and you also is a Defence
Minister that can make coup d'Etat against ah Hun Sen.
Tea Banh is afraid of Vietnam,but
not Thai.
9:36 AM
Mr. Tea Bahn is not a Thai, he was born on the wrong place, but he is a real Khmer like we all. We respected his personality as a Khmer citizen from his grassroots.
We Khmer learn a lot from the pass, Cambodia don't need a coup d'Etat.
General Tea Bahn is Thai matherhood and Hun Sen is Vietnam motherhood. As you all knew a lot of Thai in Koh Kong are combodia citizent, A lot of Veitname along Combodia Veitname border are combodia citizent, A lot of Khmer in Surin Burirum are Thai citizent and some of them use to be the Thai minister. See what it make difference. We are the same community. We are the same religion same culture. Why we need conflict. Please poeple, please give this area peaceful.....please.....please
Not duck shot, it's cum shot
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