Writer: Wassana Nanuam
Published: 1/04/2011
Bangkok Post
Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon (pictured) on Friday reiterated that he will not attend a Thai-Cambodian General Border Committee meeting in Indonesia or any other third country.
The meeting must be held either in Thailand or Cambodia, he said.
"If the GBC meeting is held in a third country, its results may require parliamentary approval under Section 190 of the constitution. Therefore, the meeting must be bilateral, between soldiers of the two countries," Gen Prawit said.
The GBC is co-chaired by the defence ministers of Thailand and Cambodia.
Gen Tea Banh, the Cambodian defence minister, said in an interview with the Bangkok Post in Phnom Penh on Wednesday that Gen Prawit had agreed to attend the 8th GBC meeting in Bogor, Indonesia, on April 7-8.
Col Thanathip Sawangsaeng, the defence spokesman, said in an earlier interview that there might be a misunderstanding on the part of Gen Tea Banh because Gen Prawit had never said he would go to Indonesia.
A military source in Cambodia said if Thailand and Cambodia could not reach a settlement on this matter the 8th GBC might be postponed again.
Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon (pictured) on Friday reiterated that he will not attend a Thai-Cambodian General Border Committee meeting in Indonesia or any other third country.
The meeting must be held either in Thailand or Cambodia, he said.
"If the GBC meeting is held in a third country, its results may require parliamentary approval under Section 190 of the constitution. Therefore, the meeting must be bilateral, between soldiers of the two countries," Gen Prawit said.
The GBC is co-chaired by the defence ministers of Thailand and Cambodia.
Gen Tea Banh, the Cambodian defence minister, said in an interview with the Bangkok Post in Phnom Penh on Wednesday that Gen Prawit had agreed to attend the 8th GBC meeting in Bogor, Indonesia, on April 7-8.
Col Thanathip Sawangsaeng, the defence spokesman, said in an earlier interview that there might be a misunderstanding on the part of Gen Tea Banh because Gen Prawit had never said he would go to Indonesia.
A military source in Cambodia said if Thailand and Cambodia could not reach a settlement on this matter the 8th GBC might be postponed again.
2 comments:
ah siam or thai try to trick khmer again. Watch out hun xen/manet.
this is the characters of thai try to drag as long as it can and use military to intimidate cambodia .
cambodia should not sit and wait cambodia have to do something about it .
your excellency H.S it time to get your hand dirty now everything you do in the name of defending cambodia sovereignty&pride what ever it cost what ever it take your excellency have to try as a leader of the country you have to be decisive .
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