Showing posts with label Military adjustments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Military adjustments. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Thailand and Cambodia will adjust military presence at the temple

Mon, July 28, 2008
The Nation

Thailand and Cambodia agreed to "adjust" military deployment around the Preah Vihear Temple in a bid to ease military tension in the area.

Emerging after a marathon talk, Cambodia's Foreign Minister Hor Nam Hong said they agreed that both sides should exercise utmost restraint and seek futher peaceful solution to solve the problem.

However Hor Nam Hong did not elaborate how to adjust the military presence in the area.

The military adjustment would not afftect to sovereignty over the territory and has no implication to the boundary demarcation, he said.

He and his Thai counterpart; Tej Bunnag, hold a meeting at a hotel in Cambodia's Siem Reap province on Monday, which was the second of its kind to solve the border tension around the temple.

The meeting started at about 10am and ended almost 12 hours later. Both delegations had to postpone their flights, pending the negotiation.

"They agreed both side should exercise utmost restraint and seek futher peaceful solution to solve the problem," Hor Nam Hong said.

Both sides also support de-mining and land demacration in the area.

The first meeting in Thailand's Sa Kaew which was chaired by Thai Supreme Commander Gen Boonsang Niempradit and Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Gen Tea Banh ended without solution.