Abhisit (L) introduced by Hun Sen (R) to Cambodian officials during his visit to Cambodia on 12th June, 2009.Written by Vong Sokheng
Friday, 19 June 2009
Phnom Penh Post
PRIME Minister Hun Sen claims Thailand has "infringed" on Cambodia's sovereignty by announcing it will challenge the UNESCO World Heritage listing of Preah Vihear temple when the body meets later this month.
On Wednesday, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Thailand aims to request a review of the July 2008 inscription of Preah Vihear temple, saying the listing has fostered conflict.
"I think that as a prime minister of one country, his words infringed on the sovereignty of [Cambodia]," Hun Sen said, adding that during his visit last week to Phnom Penh, Abhisit failed to raise the issue in talks with the government.
"I hope that his aim will not be successful, and I hope that UNESCO will not be stupid enough to go along with his gambit."
Thai state media reported Abhisit as saying that he has ordered Thai World Heritage Committee representative Suwit Khunkkitti to lodge objections to the listing of the disputed temple when the committee meets for its 33rd Session in Seville, Spain, next week.
Hun Sen added that the Thai ploy was unlikely to succeed because of the International Court of Justice's 1962 ruling that handed Preah Vihear temple and some of the surrounding area to Cambodia, and the fact that UNESCO had already listed the temple as a World Heritage site.
Minister of Information and government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said that the Thai leader clearly has no knowledge of history.
The latest crisis over the temple and its surrounding land began last July, when the government says Thai troops entered Cambodian territory, sparking a massive military standoff.
Friday, 19 June 2009
Phnom Penh Post
PRIME Minister Hun Sen claims Thailand has "infringed" on Cambodia's sovereignty by announcing it will challenge the UNESCO World Heritage listing of Preah Vihear temple when the body meets later this month.
On Wednesday, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Thailand aims to request a review of the July 2008 inscription of Preah Vihear temple, saying the listing has fostered conflict.
"I think that as a prime minister of one country, his words infringed on the sovereignty of [Cambodia]," Hun Sen said, adding that during his visit last week to Phnom Penh, Abhisit failed to raise the issue in talks with the government.
"I hope that his aim will not be successful, and I hope that UNESCO will not be stupid enough to go along with his gambit."
Thai state media reported Abhisit as saying that he has ordered Thai World Heritage Committee representative Suwit Khunkkitti to lodge objections to the listing of the disputed temple when the committee meets for its 33rd Session in Seville, Spain, next week.
Hun Sen added that the Thai ploy was unlikely to succeed because of the International Court of Justice's 1962 ruling that handed Preah Vihear temple and some of the surrounding area to Cambodia, and the fact that UNESCO had already listed the temple as a World Heritage site.
Minister of Information and government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said that the Thai leader clearly has no knowledge of history.
The latest crisis over the temple and its surrounding land began last July, when the government says Thai troops entered Cambodian territory, sparking a massive military standoff.
5 comments:
Chhkai Hun Xen!!!!Neak Leng!!!
This one eye man got strick by ah Thais all the times and never learn his listen. Come on! use your hanoi Phd.
Hun Sen is the most stupidest PM Cambodia has ever had. More Cambodian territories lost under him than any other regimes combined- lost from the east and from the west.
I think if UNESCO were to unlist the temple as WORLD HERITAGE. then the thai will put full war against cambodia or they just replicate preah vihear on the thai side. the thai do get bully and tricky. if this were true. i think we should invade thialand. Malaysia from the south,loas from the north,and burma from the west and so on. etc,etc....
don't believe the thai words any more. we should grab that temple and land and gave thai a finger from now on. if they step one inch in our land we should kill them like rabbits.
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