Map of a Joint Development Area (JDA) or Overlapping Claim area (OCA) between Cambodia and Thailand.By: Nguon Serath
PHNOM PENH (Cambodia Herald) - Cambodia and Thailand have expressed optimism about joint oil exploration and development in an overlapping maritime zone, saying that it should take place as soon as possible. Yet it could take a decade before the project is realized. While Cambodia hopes that joint exploration and development can start over the next three years, Thailand sees differently.
"It could be eight to 10 years before a single drop of oil and gas comes," Thai Energy Minister Pichai Naripthaphan was quoted as saying by Reuters on Thursday.
In a briefing with local media in Phnom Penh the same day, Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said that a long process was required before his government could start any negotiations.
Instead of moving forward, joint exploration and development is moving backwards since a memorandum of understanding between Cambodia and Thailand in 2001 was nullified by the previous Thai government which lost power in July.
The new Thai government has the political will to resume negotiations with Cambodia but needs parliamentary approval.
Surapong, the Thai foreign minister, told reporters in Phnom Penh Thursday that Thailand had formed a working group to "review" the MOU and that findings would be forwarded to the Thai cabinet for approval before being sent to the country's parliament.
On his return to Bangkok on Friday after his two-day visit to Cambodia, the Thai foreign minister was quoted as saying that the government in Thailand was considering "reviving" the MOU on maritime borders.
Once revived, the Thai news agency said, "the government could go ahead on negotiations under the framework" of the memo, which was revoked by the previous "Yellow Shirt" government of Abhisit Jejjajiva in 2009.
Analysts say the new "Red Shirt" government led by Yingluck Shinawatra, younger sister of exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has to step carefully.
Surapong dismissed such concern. "Everything has to go through parliament," he said. "The process will be made transparently to the people so we should not be worried about this."
"It could be eight to 10 years before a single drop of oil and gas comes," Thai Energy Minister Pichai Naripthaphan was quoted as saying by Reuters on Thursday.
In a briefing with local media in Phnom Penh the same day, Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said that a long process was required before his government could start any negotiations.
Instead of moving forward, joint exploration and development is moving backwards since a memorandum of understanding between Cambodia and Thailand in 2001 was nullified by the previous Thai government which lost power in July.
The new Thai government has the political will to resume negotiations with Cambodia but needs parliamentary approval.
Surapong, the Thai foreign minister, told reporters in Phnom Penh Thursday that Thailand had formed a working group to "review" the MOU and that findings would be forwarded to the Thai cabinet for approval before being sent to the country's parliament.
On his return to Bangkok on Friday after his two-day visit to Cambodia, the Thai foreign minister was quoted as saying that the government in Thailand was considering "reviving" the MOU on maritime borders.
Once revived, the Thai news agency said, "the government could go ahead on negotiations under the framework" of the memo, which was revoked by the previous "Yellow Shirt" government of Abhisit Jejjajiva in 2009.
Analysts say the new "Red Shirt" government led by Yingluck Shinawatra, younger sister of exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has to step carefully.
Surapong dismissed such concern. "Everything has to go through parliament," he said. "The process will be made transparently to the people so we should not be worried about this."
8 comments:
Koh Tral is way inside cambodian...Why vietcong took it away?..when?
Khmers were busy killing each other in the past...for several century, khmers not united, corruption, betrayal, during pol pot's time as example...Khmer listening to foreign country and killing khmer each other>> khmer rouge killed khmer lon nol, khmer rouge killed their own kind of people...1975-1980! Allow foreign country taken advantage on cambodian....Khmer must woke up and stand up fight against foreign country that want to swallow our homeland....
Get rid of corrupted official and corruption in cambodia..Otherwise, history will repeat itself...once more!
Millions of years ago ours primitive ancestors lived then died in their primitive form without any benefit of comfortable life or advanced knowledge or good feeling. Their remains became the deposited fossil which we extracted,refined and burned as chemical energy. Some countries getting wealthier,some getting cursed,some are still in the process of negotiating how to share these long forgotten rotten flesh of primitive life forms. We all should benefit from this common resource. Specifically for Cambodia,no special group should have more self serving advantage over the other from this oil exploration and future oil operation activities. Be nice to each other or else these human groups of low ethic,low morality and lack of conscience are worthless compare to the small sea creatures that lived eon years ago.
khmen should live within Thailand as one nation...like Surin, Buriram.
Lappharnudh,
Siemdog will eventually bow down to Khmer feet. That's a destiny you can't escape. Khmer will regain Surin, Burriram, etc. back. Siemdog will resort to becoming bandits as they once did. Go give your Siem king a blowjob, Lappharnudh.
Part Thailand should be ruled by China because part of the TAI ethnic group from southern china and also wietnam.
7:11am you must be nut like most of your people and keep dreaming about taking over Cambodia,But just remember one of these day when you woke up part of Thailand will be ruled by khmer ethnic group because of your civil war in the near future as you can see already start brewing in the SOUTHERN thailand.Once again,Do you
still remember YOGOSLAVIA and so on!!!!
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