People's Daily Online
June 02, 2011
Cambodia has the advantage over Thailand in the legal battle between the two countries in the Hague, the Netherlands, said Cambodian deputy prime minister Hor Namhong (pictured), who is also the minister of foreign affairs on Thursday.
"With the internationally legal mechanism, Cambodia is in a better advantageous position than Thailand as we have internationally recognized documents and maps to support on the issues of Preah Vihear temple," he said at Phnom Penh International Airport upon his return from the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the Netherlands, where he joined the two-day public hearing on the issues of Preah Vihear temple on May 30-31.
"However, the decision is up to the Court," he said.
The public hearing was held after Cambodia, on April 28, submitted a request to the Court for the interpretation of the Court's judgment of 1962 on the case concerning the temple of Preah Vihear. Also, it submitted a request to the ICJ to take conservatory measures for the temple.
The Court's decision will be made within 40 to 45 days.
"Whatever the decision the Court makes will not damage Cambodia because Cambodia is the requester," he said.
The ICJ awarded Preah Vihear temple to Cambodia in 1962 and the temple was enlisted as a World Heritage Site on July 7, 2008. But Thailand claims the ownership of 4.6 square kilometers of scrub next to the temple.
The border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand has occurred just a week after the enlistment. Since then, both sides have built up military forces along the border and periodic clashes have happened, resulted in the deaths of troops and civilians on both sides.
The two sides agreed to accept Indonesian observers to monitor a ceasefire on their respective border side on Feb 22 at the ASEAN foreign ministers meeting in Jakarta, but the deployment was always delayed because Thailand demanded that Cambodian soldiers and locals be withdrawn from the disputed area of 4.6 sq km near the temple first.
Source: Xinhua,/span>
5 comments:
Brace for the worse these siem won't let go the easily they openly claim Khmer land without shame.
Hun Sen should ask Chinese for help to build missiles system or any conventional mass destruction weapon that can siem in go.
Don't be so sure!...I don't like the way Hor Num Hong handle the jobs these days..?
Thailand very smart! We must becareful with them...Mr Hor Num Hong has done a poor jobs YES!
11:29 PM, agree. Hor Namhong and Sok An always boasted about advantages, but every time they go to the meeting, they always come back losing. Sok An always said that Cambodia had achieved victory at the Unesco meeting, but every year thailand was able to block Cambodia's proposal for Preah Vihear management plan. Namhong said the same, but every time he went to the meeting always come back losing, like Un Security Council, Asean, Indonesian deployments, Thai withdrawal etc. If Cambodia always had success and advantages, the problem would have been solved already. This time I am very worried that the ICJ would ask both sides to withdraw. If that happened, Thailand would be the winner because it would means that the area would become a joint area (overlapping area) in the future. Hor Namhong's and Sok An's diplomacy is very weak, they don't understand much about international diplomacy and know how to operate it, that's why they always lost to Thailand's delegations.
Cambodian side must has someone with highest educations and very expert on this issues, because Mr Hor NumHong not really good at this case...If we look at Thai side, they got too many experts people to challenge this case...I just hope that ICJ will agree with us(Cambodia) I keep my finger-cross!
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