AFP | March 25, 2011
Cambodia's Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, left, shakes hands with his Thai counterpart Kasit Piromya as Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa, center, look on during Informal ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. (AP Photo)
The Foreign Ministry has not received any formal notification from Thailand that it rejects an Asean plan to send Indonesian observers to the disputed Thai-Cambodia border, a spokesman said on Thursday.
“We have not received a formal communication from our counterpart, the Thai Foreign Ministry, on the matter,” ministry spokesman Michael Tene told the Jakarta Globe.
Thailand’s army chief, General Prayut Chan-O-Cha, said on Wednesday that the observers were not wanted in the disputed area near an 11th-century temple because it was too dangerous and would only complicate matters.
Prayut said the Thai defense ministry, armed forces and military commanders rejected the idea of outside monitors, but conceded it was up to the government to decide.
A Thai government spokesman denied, however, that there had been any change in Bangkok’s position, and said a joint border committee would be convened to iron out the details of the observers’ mission.
At the Presidential Palace, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said Indonesia would only proceed with the plan if it was invited by both Cambodia and Thailand to send its observers.
“The options [for Cambodia and Thailand] are clear. Either it is handled by Asean [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] or the UN Security Council,” he said.
A meeting of foreign ministers from Asean in Jakarta last month decided on a regional plan to send Indonesian observers to both sides of the disputed border to ensure that a cease-fire agreed to by the two countries was respected. Both countries had agreed to accept the observers.
Marty said at the time that the decision reflected Asean’s and both countries’ confidence in Indonesia, and that despite existing cynicism, Indonesia could play a role in mediating conflict between Asean member states.
Indonesia has sent its proposed terms of reference that lay out the scope of mandate for the observer teams and has prepared teams to be stationed on each side of the border, each comprised of 13 unarmed military officers and two civilians from the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry.
The ministry said earlier this month that it had received favorable responses from both countries of the proposed terms. However, further details were to be laid out soon, such as identifying the working areas for the observer teams to monitor.
Another meeting between Indonesia, Cambodia and Thailand on the matter is slated to take place in Indonesia sometime in April.
Michael said the teams would be deployed as soon as the terms were finalized.
“Both countries have agreed on most of the references, but there are still one or two matters that they have yet to agree on.”
“We have not received a formal communication from our counterpart, the Thai Foreign Ministry, on the matter,” ministry spokesman Michael Tene told the Jakarta Globe.
Thailand’s army chief, General Prayut Chan-O-Cha, said on Wednesday that the observers were not wanted in the disputed area near an 11th-century temple because it was too dangerous and would only complicate matters.
Prayut said the Thai defense ministry, armed forces and military commanders rejected the idea of outside monitors, but conceded it was up to the government to decide.
A Thai government spokesman denied, however, that there had been any change in Bangkok’s position, and said a joint border committee would be convened to iron out the details of the observers’ mission.
At the Presidential Palace, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said Indonesia would only proceed with the plan if it was invited by both Cambodia and Thailand to send its observers.
“The options [for Cambodia and Thailand] are clear. Either it is handled by Asean [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] or the UN Security Council,” he said.
A meeting of foreign ministers from Asean in Jakarta last month decided on a regional plan to send Indonesian observers to both sides of the disputed border to ensure that a cease-fire agreed to by the two countries was respected. Both countries had agreed to accept the observers.
Marty said at the time that the decision reflected Asean’s and both countries’ confidence in Indonesia, and that despite existing cynicism, Indonesia could play a role in mediating conflict between Asean member states.
Indonesia has sent its proposed terms of reference that lay out the scope of mandate for the observer teams and has prepared teams to be stationed on each side of the border, each comprised of 13 unarmed military officers and two civilians from the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry.
The ministry said earlier this month that it had received favorable responses from both countries of the proposed terms. However, further details were to be laid out soon, such as identifying the working areas for the observer teams to monitor.
Another meeting between Indonesia, Cambodia and Thailand on the matter is slated to take place in Indonesia sometime in April.
Michael said the teams would be deployed as soon as the terms were finalized.
“Both countries have agreed on most of the references, but there are still one or two matters that they have yet to agree on.”
5 comments:
bloodline of the thief is pass from generation to generation the letter "T" they use to steal from the neighbor .
this is 21 century is civilize world T cannot drawn your own map to invade neighboring country any more.
thai have cool feet:
"If we do not allow the JBC to perform its duty by not endorsing its document, the international community, including the United Nations and Asean, would have to get involved in the issue," Abhisit told Parliament.
Before the meeting was adjourned, Rosana Tositrakul, a Bangkok senator, questioned why the government seemed to be in such a rush to seek endorsement of the minutes.
She suggested it leave the issue to the next government.
She also expressed her concern that parliament's endorsement of the three minutes might prompt Thailand to lose part of its territory to Cambodia.
"If our voting today leads to the loss of our territory in the future, how could we explain it to our children?
tell your children we not as good thief as our forefather were.
why cambodian government let this group of thieve push around we've the knowledge of law we have technology we should not back down 1 inch why should we it ours .talking is over let get ground work done.
these group of people need discipline somebody need to teach this people straight and narrow.
come on khmer teach thief straight&narrow.
can somebody tell me(KI MEDIA) it is khmer or thai website why is too much resentment toward vietnam or the khmer rouge website a lot of sympathy to the khmer rouge regimes
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