PHNOM PENH, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Press and Quick Reaction Unit of the Office of the Council of Ministers of Cambodia has issued a statement on Monday rejecting "the false statement of Thai Premier Abhisit Vejjajiva on Preah Vihear temple."
The statement said that the Bangkok Post on Feb. 11 reported, and which was also published in the National News Bureau of Thailand, that "Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva asks UNESCO to remove the temple of Preah Vihear from the World Heritage List, claiming that the delisting of the temple of Preah Vihear would remove tensions between Cambodia and Thailand."
The statement "strongly rejected the false statement of Thai prime minister", saying that the "real tension has been caused by Thailand's long-standing territorial invasion".
"The recent real war of aggression against Cambodia from Feb. 4- 7, 2011, like the previous attacks of July 15, 2008 and April 3-4, 2009, which has been fuelled by Thai severe internal political turmoil, is just the latest attempt to turn into reality this secret unilateral map, which has no international legitimacy, and to oust Cambodian from the Thai so-called disputed, overlapping or 4.6 sq.km area", said PRU's statement.
It also said that "Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, who asked UNESCO to delist Cambodia's Temple of Preah Vihear from the World Heritage List, proved that he lacks knowledge about the World Heritage and his move is opposing the World Heritage concept. "
"It is not possible both a legal and practical point of view to delist the Temple of Preah Vihear from the World Heritage List," said the statement.
The border between Thailand and Cambodia has never been completely demarcated.
Although the International Court of Justice ruled in 1962 that the Temple of Preah Vihear belonged to Cambodia, the row over the 4.6-square-km territory around the temple has never been resolved.
The conflict has occurred just a week after Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple was enlisted as World Heritage Site on July 7, 2008, since then both sides have built up military forces along the border, and periodic clashes happened, resulted in the deaths of troops on both sides.
Editor: Mu Xuequan
The statement said that the Bangkok Post on Feb. 11 reported, and which was also published in the National News Bureau of Thailand, that "Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva asks UNESCO to remove the temple of Preah Vihear from the World Heritage List, claiming that the delisting of the temple of Preah Vihear would remove tensions between Cambodia and Thailand."
The statement "strongly rejected the false statement of Thai prime minister", saying that the "real tension has been caused by Thailand's long-standing territorial invasion".
"The recent real war of aggression against Cambodia from Feb. 4- 7, 2011, like the previous attacks of July 15, 2008 and April 3-4, 2009, which has been fuelled by Thai severe internal political turmoil, is just the latest attempt to turn into reality this secret unilateral map, which has no international legitimacy, and to oust Cambodian from the Thai so-called disputed, overlapping or 4.6 sq.km area", said PRU's statement.
It also said that "Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, who asked UNESCO to delist Cambodia's Temple of Preah Vihear from the World Heritage List, proved that he lacks knowledge about the World Heritage and his move is opposing the World Heritage concept. "
"It is not possible both a legal and practical point of view to delist the Temple of Preah Vihear from the World Heritage List," said the statement.
The border between Thailand and Cambodia has never been completely demarcated.
Although the International Court of Justice ruled in 1962 that the Temple of Preah Vihear belonged to Cambodia, the row over the 4.6-square-km territory around the temple has never been resolved.
The conflict has occurred just a week after Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple was enlisted as World Heritage Site on July 7, 2008, since then both sides have built up military forces along the border, and periodic clashes happened, resulted in the deaths of troops on both sides.
Editor: Mu Xuequan
3 comments:
Why do Kos Trol, sea and lands proximately over 10 000 km2 have been lost to Vietnam by who treaty? Why don't Cambodia goverment transparency explain to cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian army are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 and what's about over 10 000km2 of cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian army you are decide the fade of your nation, Cambodian army as well as cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Kos Trol, Sea and lands over 10 000km2 have been lost to Vietnam by who treaty at 1979 to 1985 treaty! treaty! Cambodian army at front line as well as all cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protect a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group rather in the real name of protecting khmer nation?
Cambodian army at front line suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs,lack of foods, lack of nutrition, their families have no health care help, no securities after they die but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning with young girls message, have super health care from oversea medical treatment, they are billionairs, millionairs who sell out the country to be rich and make cambodian people suffer everyday as cambodian people know already.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that result lost over 10 000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why don't they transparency inform all Cambodian and cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't include Kos Trol ( Kos Trol size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen with planty of natural resources ) in education program?
12:18pm,Why are you SOOOOOOOO stupid and SOOOOOOOO Idiot?Go ask France.
Love khmer
The true is Thai and American goverment want Hun Sen off from Cambodia like Tunisa and Egypt. This war is to push Hun Sen regime out of power.
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