Thai shells landed inside the Preah Vihear temple compound causing some dmamges to the temple structures. More pictures here.
BANGKOK, Feb 10 - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Thursday said his government will dispatch representatives to Paris next week to urge the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to review its listing of the ancient Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage Site as the listing has caused a conflict between Thailand and Cambodia.
The Thai premier said the two representatives are Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Suwit Khunkitti and former Thai ambassador to the United Nations Assada Chaiyanam, in his capacity as chairman of the Thailand-Cambodia Joint Boundary Commission (JBC). They will leave Bangkok for Paris early next week.
Mr Abhisit said the trip will highlight Thailand's stance that the meeting of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee (WHC) is the major cause of problem as Cambodia was pressured to come up with a Preah Vihear management plan. Therefore, the Cambodian Prime Minister wanted the intervention of a third party to help clear the border dispute as it has to send the temple's management plan to the WHC.
The Thai prime minister said the UNESCO must help defuse the tension and Thailand has its way to solve the problem if the world cultural body fails to heed its suggestion.
"If UNESCO helps defuse this, both sides (Thailand and Cambodia) will be able to talk without pressure," Mr Abhisit said. "There is no need to wait until the June meeting of WHC; the committee should realise the problem and play a role in solving it."
As Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that he would not hold any bilateral talk on the dispute with Thailand and is asking for intervention from the United Nations or the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Mr Abhisit said Thailand has made it stance clear and clarified the facts on the border dispute and latest skirmishes to all concerned parties.
Mr Abhisit expressed confidence that those who followed the incident, both ASEAN and the United Nations, would support bilateral talks between Thailand and Cambodia.
Meanwhile, Thai foreign ministry spokesman Thani Thongpakdi reasserted Thursday that bilateral talks is the best solution to end the current conflict even though the Cambodian premier has rejected it.
Mr Thani also expressed hope that the foreign ministers of both kingdoms may meet and hold talks as they go to New York to clarify the matter with the 15-member United Nations Security Council.
Regarding the French offer to provide access to maps of the region it had made in the early 20th century should any country wish to study or make copies of them, the Thai Foreign Ministry spokesperson stated that Thailand welcomed the offer.
“In fact, Thailand had in the past received good cooperation from the Quai d'Orsay, which gave Thai officials access to their archives several times. Should there be additional maps that Thailand has not yet examined, it would certainly consider examining such maps without prejudice to its boundary claims,” Mr Thani said. (MCOT online news)
BANGKOK, Feb 10 - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Thursday said his government will dispatch representatives to Paris next week to urge the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to review its listing of the ancient Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage Site as the listing has caused a conflict between Thailand and Cambodia.
The Thai premier said the two representatives are Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Suwit Khunkitti and former Thai ambassador to the United Nations Assada Chaiyanam, in his capacity as chairman of the Thailand-Cambodia Joint Boundary Commission (JBC). They will leave Bangkok for Paris early next week.
Mr Abhisit said the trip will highlight Thailand's stance that the meeting of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee (WHC) is the major cause of problem as Cambodia was pressured to come up with a Preah Vihear management plan. Therefore, the Cambodian Prime Minister wanted the intervention of a third party to help clear the border dispute as it has to send the temple's management plan to the WHC.
The Thai prime minister said the UNESCO must help defuse the tension and Thailand has its way to solve the problem if the world cultural body fails to heed its suggestion.
"If UNESCO helps defuse this, both sides (Thailand and Cambodia) will be able to talk without pressure," Mr Abhisit said. "There is no need to wait until the June meeting of WHC; the committee should realise the problem and play a role in solving it."
As Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that he would not hold any bilateral talk on the dispute with Thailand and is asking for intervention from the United Nations or the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Mr Abhisit said Thailand has made it stance clear and clarified the facts on the border dispute and latest skirmishes to all concerned parties.
Mr Abhisit expressed confidence that those who followed the incident, both ASEAN and the United Nations, would support bilateral talks between Thailand and Cambodia.
Meanwhile, Thai foreign ministry spokesman Thani Thongpakdi reasserted Thursday that bilateral talks is the best solution to end the current conflict even though the Cambodian premier has rejected it.
Mr Thani also expressed hope that the foreign ministers of both kingdoms may meet and hold talks as they go to New York to clarify the matter with the 15-member United Nations Security Council.
Regarding the French offer to provide access to maps of the region it had made in the early 20th century should any country wish to study or make copies of them, the Thai Foreign Ministry spokesperson stated that Thailand welcomed the offer.
“In fact, Thailand had in the past received good cooperation from the Quai d'Orsay, which gave Thai officials access to their archives several times. Should there be additional maps that Thailand has not yet examined, it would certainly consider examining such maps without prejudice to its boundary claims,” Mr Thani said. (MCOT online news)
4 comments:
UN troops must present in Preah vihear Temple, Otherwise Thai will do the same shit? Sign with hand, erased withing their Ass...
United Nations must place their troops in the area, Otherwise Thai will keep doing the same damn trick, fighting will happening...again! If Thai come, we SHOOT!
Preah Vihear belongs to Khmer. Why should UNESCO listen to Thai request to delist it. Cambodia got it listed with the approval of the Thai government too. Know they want to change their mind just because alot of Yellow shirt Neanderthals said so? This is sick. UNESCO should not listen to this illogical request from Thai. Thais are very good with flipflopping their words. One day they are red, the next day they are yellow.
This is only one way that prime
minister Abhisit Vejjajia , he
had try to do to promote his political inside country resolve
with the red shirt and yellow shirt
to unite as one while his country
go war with Cambodia .
First Abhisit he denied , he don't
go to internal justice ,he wanted
to resolve with the two side as
Cambodia and Thai .
If he go internal justice they will
knew where was the border line
between Cambodia and Thai exactly
and he lose the case and all the
yellow shirt will not support his
political party any more .
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