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Source: everyday.com
A Cambodian academic has called on the Cambodian government to use economic leverage to put pressures on Thailand to punish Thailand for its unwillingness to resolve the border issues peacefully and for its use of cluster bombs against Cambodian troops during the armed clashes on 4-7 February, 2011.
Dr. Sok Touch (pictured), a political scientist from Royal Academy of Cambodia, said the fact that Thai troops have used cluster bombs against Cambodia shows that Thailand intended to destroy Cambodia and the life of the Cambodian people. He said Thailand has a huge trade surplus with Cambodia with Thailand exporting over $2 billions worth of goods to Cambodia versus $250 million worth of goods Cambodia exported to Thailand. As such the Cambodian government should put some sort of economic pressures on Thailand by banning or restricting Thai exports to Cambodia.
He has also appealed to the UN to impose some sort of economic sanctions against Thailand similar to the economic sanctions imposed on some countries in the Middle East.
Source: everyday.com
A Cambodian academic has called on the Cambodian government to use economic leverage to put pressures on Thailand to punish Thailand for its unwillingness to resolve the border issues peacefully and for its use of cluster bombs against Cambodian troops during the armed clashes on 4-7 February, 2011.
Dr. Sok Touch (pictured), a political scientist from Royal Academy of Cambodia, said the fact that Thai troops have used cluster bombs against Cambodia shows that Thailand intended to destroy Cambodia and the life of the Cambodian people. He said Thailand has a huge trade surplus with Cambodia with Thailand exporting over $2 billions worth of goods to Cambodia versus $250 million worth of goods Cambodia exported to Thailand. As such the Cambodian government should put some sort of economic pressures on Thailand by banning or restricting Thai exports to Cambodia.
He has also appealed to the UN to impose some sort of economic sanctions against Thailand similar to the economic sanctions imposed on some countries in the Middle East.
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Thailand push Cambodia around because they can and get away with it Thai military killed innocents refugees killed our innocents civilians right or wrong they not deserved to die this way and our government not even voices about its we arrested theirs citizens theirs PM went on national TV quote" Cambodia should release our citizens without condition " it look like Cambodia is theirs colony they use cluster bombs Cambodian people should protest what if we use cluster bombs against them they will protest in the big way.
We too soft and we let Thai walk all over don't blame them blame ourselves in the last couple of years they invaded our country we should protest and we don't we always take really tough stance against our own.
Let apply those tough stances against the invaders.
Thieves are more likely to kill police, but vice versa.
Did Dr. Sok Touch get his PhD degree in History or Political Sciences or International Relations? Is it a kind of Cambodian Academic or politician?
BURNING ISSUE
Military should not be allowed to interfere in foreign policy
By Supalak Ganjanakhundee
The Nation
Published on April 13, 2011
The latest statement from Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva in relation to posting Indonesian observers at the disputed area near Preah Vihear Temple clearly reflects that it is the military, not the government, that controls Thailand's foreign policy toward Cambodia.
On his weekly talk show, Abhisit said his government had taken the same stance as the military - to not allow Indonesian observers to be |stationed on the 4.6 square kilometres area near the temple, which |Thailand believes comes under its |sovereignty.
Nobody should have a problem if the area in question really belongs to Thailand. If the area is truly under |Thai sovereignty, then it has the right to decide who does or does not enter it. In reality though, this piece of |land is being clamed by both |Thailand and Cambodia, and it |sits at the core of the conflict |between both neighbours.
The Thai military just raised the issue as a tactic to defer the observation. If the observers are kept out of the disputed area, they will have no knowledge of what really happens. This would make the Indonesia-proposed peace plan meaningless and allow the military to scrap it.
The government was wrong in believing that it has full mandate on the foreign policy involving Cambodia when it authorised the Foreign Ministry to make a deal with Indonesia and Cambodia in February, during which it was decided that observers would be stationed at Preah Vihear to monitor a permanent ceasefire.
Indonesia, as chair of Asean, has to lend a hand in resolving the conflict because Phnom Penh took the February border skirmish to the United Nations Security Council. The Security Council then asked Asean to implement a permanent ceasefire.
Initially, having unarmed Indonesian observers monitoring the border situation sounded fine. Many government officials even claimed |that this was a diplomatic victory to prevent aggressive acts from the |other side.
However, this sweet victory turned into a bitter pill a week later when the military disagreed with the idea of stationing observers, saying involving a third party was unnecessary.
Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, who represents the military rather than the government, previously tried to use diplomatic means to defer the deal saying he needed to discuss the terms of reference (TOR) with his Cambodian counterpart in the General Border Commission (GBC). However, when Indonesia called a meeting of the GBC and the Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) in Bogor last week, the Thai military, in a |very undiplomatic response, simply refused to go.
The government pretended to honour the deal that it had already agreed upon and tried to explain that Thailand needed more time to study and negotiate the TOR, when in reality it already had more than a month to read and study the proposal.
Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya should have been the one taking care of negotiations with Indonesia and the TOR on observers. Dealing with other countries is his job, not that of the military. As the foreign minister of an elected government, Kasit has the authority to make deals with other countries and honour them.
The Army should only be consulted on technical matters, such as the terrain in the area and whether it is safe from landmines. If the case of foreign observers is a policy matter, then it's the government's call to make the decision.
Cambodian Academics are the advisers of the politicians. Academics do the talk and the bloody politicians do the walk.
Koh Tral Island must not be forgotten
By Ms. Rattana Keo
Why do Koh Tral Island, known in Vietnam as Phu Quoc, a sea and land area covering proximately over 10,000 km2 [Note: the actual land size of Koh Tral itself is 574 square kilometres (222 sq miles)] have been lost to Vietnam by whose treaty? Why don’t Cambodia government be transparent and explain to Cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian armies are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 on the Thai border and what's about over 10,000km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian armies you are decide the fate of your nation, Cambodian army as well as Cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Koh Tral Island, the sea and land area of over 10,000 square kilometres have been lost to Vietnam by the 1979 to 1985 treaties. The 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 protecting a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group but disguising as protecting the Khmer nation?
The Cambodian army at front lines suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs, lack of foods, lack of nutrition and their families have no health care assistance, no securities after they died but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning system with message from young girls, have first class medical care from oversea medical treatments, they are billionaires, millionaires who sell out the country to be rich and make the Cambodian people suffer everyday.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that resulted in the loss over 10,000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why they are not being transparent and brave enough to inform all Cambodians and Cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't they include Koh Tral (Koh Tral size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen and bigger than Singapore [Note: Singapore's present land size is 704 km2 (271.8 sq mi)]) with heap of great natural resources, in the Cambodian education system?
Look at Hun Sen's families, relatives and friends- they are billionaires, millionaires. Where did they get the money from when we all just got out of war with empty hands [in 1979]? Hun Sen always say in his speeches that Cambodia had just risen up from the ashes of war, just got up from Year Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionaires, millionaires but 90% of innocent Cambodian people are so poor and struggling with their livelihood every day?
Smart Khmer girl Ms. Rattana Keo,
ហៃ រតនាកែវ កំពូលដួងចិត្ត សូមស្ងួន
មាសស្និទ្ធ ឈប់គិតរឿងកោះត្រល់ទៅ
ធ្វើម្ដេចផលកម្មបានតម្រូវ អោយកោះ
ឃ្លាតទៅឆ្ងាយយើងហើយ។
យើងកូនតិចពេក ទើបកោះបាត់ និរាស
ខ្ចាយខ្ចាត់បាត់ចម្លើយ មកយើងចូលក្នុង
រៀបពូកខ្នើយ អូនអើយ ធ្វើកូនបាន
មួយរយលាន។
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