Abhisit and Hun Sen.BRUSSELS, Oct 5 – Thailand and Cambodia will hold talks on their as yet unsettled border issue on the sidelines of the 17th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Hanoi late this month following the meeting of the two countries’ leaders in Brussels on Monday, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said.
Mr Abhisit said he met his Cambodian counterpart Mr Hun Sen on the sidelines of the 8th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit, being held in Brussels during October 4-5.
The Thai premier said he had discussed with Mr Hun Sen the border dispute which remains unresolved, adding that the two countries would prepare information related to the conflicts and would hold talks again when they meet on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital, Oct 28-30.
“There is no conclusion in the latest discussion which has mainly exchanged views over the dispute in an effort to press ahead for progress in tackling the issue apart from current efforts being made through parliamentary procedures and the Thai-Cambodian Joint Commission on Demarcation for Land Boundary (JBC),” he said.
Regarding concerns over encroachment in overlapping areas, Mr Abhisit said the two countries had talked about this problem and conceded that there were some groups of people in both countries which were dissatisfied. They wanted to solve the problem in an aggressive way, which may lead to clashes. Their leaders are duty-bound to reach better understanding among their peoples to prevent violence.
“The framework to tackle the problem is in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Thailand and Cambodia on demarcation for land boundary 2000. We must look back to the intention (in the MoU)”, he said.
The talks (in Brussels) is a good thing and frequent talks will help prevent misunderstanding that could lead to a possible clash which no one want to see, Mr Abhisit said, noting that bilateral relations now are gradually improving as the heads of both governments could hold talks and put efforts to drive concerned agencies to foster healthy relations which is considered a positive sign. (MCOT online news)
Mr Abhisit said he met his Cambodian counterpart Mr Hun Sen on the sidelines of the 8th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit, being held in Brussels during October 4-5.
The Thai premier said he had discussed with Mr Hun Sen the border dispute which remains unresolved, adding that the two countries would prepare information related to the conflicts and would hold talks again when they meet on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital, Oct 28-30.
“There is no conclusion in the latest discussion which has mainly exchanged views over the dispute in an effort to press ahead for progress in tackling the issue apart from current efforts being made through parliamentary procedures and the Thai-Cambodian Joint Commission on Demarcation for Land Boundary (JBC),” he said.
Regarding concerns over encroachment in overlapping areas, Mr Abhisit said the two countries had talked about this problem and conceded that there were some groups of people in both countries which were dissatisfied. They wanted to solve the problem in an aggressive way, which may lead to clashes. Their leaders are duty-bound to reach better understanding among their peoples to prevent violence.
“The framework to tackle the problem is in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Thailand and Cambodia on demarcation for land boundary 2000. We must look back to the intention (in the MoU)”, he said.
The talks (in Brussels) is a good thing and frequent talks will help prevent misunderstanding that could lead to a possible clash which no one want to see, Mr Abhisit said, noting that bilateral relations now are gradually improving as the heads of both governments could hold talks and put efforts to drive concerned agencies to foster healthy relations which is considered a positive sign. (MCOT online news)
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