Friday, 26 August 2011
Cheang Sokha and Meas Sokchea
Phnom Penh Post
Military commanders from Cambodia and Thailand had agreed during two-day bilateral talks to strengthen security and gradually withdraw troops from their mutual border, an official said yesterday.
Chea Mon, military comm-ander of Army Region 4, who led the Cambodian delegation for the Regional Border Committee meeting with his Thai counterpart, 2nd Army Region commander Lieutenant General Thawatchai Samutsakorn, said the meeting had achieved “good results”.
“Before, we talked about how to avoid armed clashes, but now … we talk about how to stabilise security along the border,” Chea Mon said, after returning from the meeting, in Thailand’s Nakhon Ratchasima province.
He said both countries had steadily withdrawn troops from the border in recent weeks and would obey an International Court of Justice order to establish a demilitarised zone in the area around the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple.
The Regional Border Committee meeting marked the first official talks between the two countries since the new Thai government formed this month, following the election of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in early July.
The talks are set to pave the way for a long-awaited meeting of the General Border Committee to address issues at the Thai-Cambodian border.
The Bangkok Post quoted Lieutenant General Thawatchai Samutsakorn on Wednesday as saying there would be more sharing of security intelligence between Thailand and Cambodia and joint border patrols to curb drug trafficking and other border crimes.
Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Thani Thongpakdi could not be reached for comment.
Meanwhile, Oddar Meanchey provincial officials said yesterday Cambodia and Thailand would jointly open two more border checkpoints in the province next month to better facilitate trade.
Provincial governor Pech Sokhin said that the two new trade checkpoints, in Banteay Ampil district, would connect with Thailand’s Buriram and Surin provinces.
12 comments:
Thailand did learn some bitter lessons lately though...!
Cambodia must cleaning up corruption inside military sector...
How come cambodian soldier never wear Helmet..? I've seen cambodian troops without Helmet...Are their head made from metal shield?
Military helmets nowadays are made from kevlar composite material of woven mesh pack in many layers. It's much stronger and lighter than the good old steel helmet. Soldier can wear either a soft cover hat/cap or helmet depending on the situation. In the midst of heated battle, soldier must wear helmet at any cost, unless he wants his head to explode. During the situation of no flying bulltets, soldiers can be at ease and wear soft cover hat.
Khmer soldiers don't wears halmets because ah Kwack don't have money to buy for them or they don't cares about all those people lifes.
Every single Thai soldier I saw in the picture wearing a helmet protection during the clashes...But cambodian side, nobody wearing helmet...only caps? Damn! They need to put helmet on...dude!
Its Cambodia's fault that they are being invaded by Thailand. Cambodia chose to be unknown to the rest of the world by not joining Miss.Universe.
U guys for real we do have Kevlar helmets. Check the pictures again
I think former khmer rouge got used to It! They don't like wearing helmet...Chea Tara must make them wear from now on..
I would like to see cambodian troops wearing proper uniforms like Thai troops...
All illeaglly logging business came out of Royal Cambodian Armed Forces...Khmer innocent people were shot and killed by Thai soldier because of RCAF...Why Mr.Hun Sen done nothing or say nothing....??No matter whoever, they must punish under anti-corruption's law...
Illegally logging came from Royal Cambodian Armed Force, anti-corruption's law must punish those crooke behind all of these illegally business...Battalion#41 found illegally logging lately, they caused lots of innocent khmer people's life...
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