Writer: Wassana Nanuam
Published: 26/05/2011
Bangkok Post
The Thai-Cambodian General Border Committee (GBC) meeting will be held in Cambodia after a joint survey of the disputed areas on the Thai-Cambodian border with a team from Indonesia, caretaker Defence Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan (pictured) said on Thursday.
Gen Prawit said the Cambodian government was ready to host the meeting.
He brushed aside news reports that the GBC meeting had been cancelled, saying Thailand and Cambodia had agreed to a meeting in Cambodia at the recent meeting of Asean defence ministers.
He said that the survey and the positioning of Indonesian observers in the disputed areas were two different procedures.
First of all, a team of Indonesian officers would come to survey the spots where their outposts would be located.
Gen Prawit said he did not know when or if the observers would actually be deployed to the disputed areas.
The Indonesian government would make the decision later on a date to deploy observers to the disputed areas, the minister said.
The initial survey team would comprise three representatives from Indonesia, three from Cambodia and three from Thailand. The team would spend up to two days in the areas.
Gen Prawit said the Indonesian observers would not be allowed to enter the 4.6 square kilometer disputed area.
The Thai-Cambodian General Border Committee (GBC) meeting will be held in Cambodia after a joint survey of the disputed areas on the Thai-Cambodian border with a team from Indonesia, caretaker Defence Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan (pictured) said on Thursday.
Gen Prawit said the Cambodian government was ready to host the meeting.
He brushed aside news reports that the GBC meeting had been cancelled, saying Thailand and Cambodia had agreed to a meeting in Cambodia at the recent meeting of Asean defence ministers.
He said that the survey and the positioning of Indonesian observers in the disputed areas were two different procedures.
First of all, a team of Indonesian officers would come to survey the spots where their outposts would be located.
Gen Prawit said he did not know when or if the observers would actually be deployed to the disputed areas.
The Indonesian government would make the decision later on a date to deploy observers to the disputed areas, the minister said.
The initial survey team would comprise three representatives from Indonesia, three from Cambodia and three from Thailand. The team would spend up to two days in the areas.
Gen Prawit said the Indonesian observers would not be allowed to enter the 4.6 square kilometer disputed area.
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