Published: 19/11/2009
Bangkok Post
Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya insisted on Thursday that Cambodia must comply with the law after Phnom Penh banned Thai nationals from working at Cambodian Air Traffic Services (CATS), which is operated by Thailand's Samart Corporation.
The Cambodian government has ordered the air traffic control company to replace all Thai workers with Cambodians and has seized all the company's equipment.
Mr Kasit said any action against the company and its employees must be strictly according to the law, and comply with Cambodia's investment and internal regulations.
"As for Thailand, we'll wait for reports from the Thai embassy to Phnom Pehn. We hope that we'll receive factual information from Cambodia and the [Samart] company," he said.
"If the Cambodian action does not follow the terms of the bilateral agreement between our two countries, we'll have to find other ways to continue."
The Foreign Ministry had sent the Consular Affairs Department deputy director-general to see the mother of Thai engineer Siwarak Chutiphong, who was arrested by the Cambodian government last week on spying charges.
Mr Kasit said Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva had promised Mr Siwarak's mother that he will visit her detained son.
He said the government had to wait for Cambodia's confirmation of a time for the meeting with Mr Siwarak. The ministry had also hired a lawyer to liaise with the company about the problem.
"There are, however, no problems in Thai-Cambodian relations," he insisted.
Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya insisted on Thursday that Cambodia must comply with the law after Phnom Penh banned Thai nationals from working at Cambodian Air Traffic Services (CATS), which is operated by Thailand's Samart Corporation.
The Cambodian government has ordered the air traffic control company to replace all Thai workers with Cambodians and has seized all the company's equipment.
Mr Kasit said any action against the company and its employees must be strictly according to the law, and comply with Cambodia's investment and internal regulations.
"As for Thailand, we'll wait for reports from the Thai embassy to Phnom Pehn. We hope that we'll receive factual information from Cambodia and the [Samart] company," he said.
"If the Cambodian action does not follow the terms of the bilateral agreement between our two countries, we'll have to find other ways to continue."
The Foreign Ministry had sent the Consular Affairs Department deputy director-general to see the mother of Thai engineer Siwarak Chutiphong, who was arrested by the Cambodian government last week on spying charges.
Mr Kasit said Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva had promised Mr Siwarak's mother that he will visit her detained son.
He said the government had to wait for Cambodia's confirmation of a time for the meeting with Mr Siwarak. The ministry had also hired a lawyer to liaise with the company about the problem.
"There are, however, no problems in Thai-Cambodian relations," he insisted.
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