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Saturday 20 June 2009

Thai PM denies undemining temple


Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (pictured) yesterday dismissed suggestions he was trying to sabotage Cambodia's desire to live up to its obligations as agreed with Unesco following the granting of World Heritage status to historic Preah Vihear Temple.

Abhisit on Wednesday told reporters he would ask Unesco, which administers the temple under Cambodian supervision, to launch a review into the administration of the ancient site, because he wanted peace to prevail in the area first.

The disputed area has seen a military stand-off and gunfights between the two sides over the past year.

"My intention is not to upset the people of Cambodia, but rather to see peace in the area," Abhisit said.

He said he had no objection to working with the Cambodians to develop the historic site under Unesco guidance but suggested military tensions must first be alleviated and that a comfort level between the two sides must first be achieved before Thailand could contribute to the effort.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday expressed "deep regret" over Abhisit's suggestions.

"I deeply regret that he has raised this issue now, because this was not part of our discussions last week," he told reporters at the Cambodian Foreign Ministry. "I doubt his plan will be successful."

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hun Xen has Phd from hanoi should know better not to trust ah Thais. He got strick again! Areak Prey said.

Anonymous said...

He has always been tricked by the Thais and his Viet masters. He is very stupid.

Anonymous said...

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....

Anonymous said...

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.