BANGKOK, April 9 -- Thai Minister of Foreign Affairs Kasit Piromya is scheduled to discuss with his Indonesian and Cambodian counterparts later Saturday in Jakarta on the draft terms of reference (ToR) for Indonesian observers to be stationed at the disputed 4.6 square-kilometre between Thailand and Cambodia, according to an announcement issued by the Thai foreign affairs ministry.
The announcement said Mr Kasit would meet other foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Japanese foreign ministry officials to discuss assistance to the latter and would use the opportunity to talk with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa and Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong about the draft ToR.
Thailand’s has made it clear that Indonesian observers could not be positioned in the disputed area near the ancient Preah Vihear temple.
Saturday’s talks came after a two-day Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) meeting in Bogor, Indonesia, ended Friday, in which Chavanond Intarakomalyasut, secretary to Mr Kasit, said the meeting ended successfully overall, as Cambodia now understood Thailand better and did not buy time, as the three memorandums of the JBC still needed approval from the Parliament.
Mr Chavanond also said in his telephone call to the foreign affairs ministry that both sides at the Friday’s meeting also agreed that a third party company would be hired to take aerial photos of the disputed border.
Initially, either a Japanese or an Australian or Danish firm would be selected to do the job while both Thailand and Cambodia would make a decision which firm has the most approriate technology, he said.
Reiterating that the just-ended meeting was held without interference from a third country despite being held in Indonesia, Mr Chavanond said he hoped future’s meetings to resolve border dispute would be held in either Thailand or Cambodia, which would benefit the two neighbouring countries. (MCOT online news)
The announcement said Mr Kasit would meet other foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Japanese foreign ministry officials to discuss assistance to the latter and would use the opportunity to talk with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa and Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong about the draft ToR.
Thailand’s has made it clear that Indonesian observers could not be positioned in the disputed area near the ancient Preah Vihear temple.
Saturday’s talks came after a two-day Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) meeting in Bogor, Indonesia, ended Friday, in which Chavanond Intarakomalyasut, secretary to Mr Kasit, said the meeting ended successfully overall, as Cambodia now understood Thailand better and did not buy time, as the three memorandums of the JBC still needed approval from the Parliament.
Mr Chavanond also said in his telephone call to the foreign affairs ministry that both sides at the Friday’s meeting also agreed that a third party company would be hired to take aerial photos of the disputed border.
Initially, either a Japanese or an Australian or Danish firm would be selected to do the job while both Thailand and Cambodia would make a decision which firm has the most approriate technology, he said.
Reiterating that the just-ended meeting was held without interference from a third country despite being held in Indonesia, Mr Chavanond said he hoped future’s meetings to resolve border dispute would be held in either Thailand or Cambodia, which would benefit the two neighbouring countries. (MCOT online news)
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