Writer: Wassana Nanuam
Bangkok Post
Published: 26/06/2012
A conflict could be looming if Cambodia presses
ahead with calls to deploy observers in the disputed area near the Preah
Vihear temple during the Joint Working Group meeting.
The second round of JWG talks starts today in Phnom Penh to follow up
on implementation of provisional measures imposed by the International
Court of Justice. The court has ordered deployment of observers and
withdrawal of troops in the 17.3 sq km demilitarised zone.
A Royal Thai Armed Forces source said both sides might end up at loggerheads if the Cambodian delegation brings up the issue.
There are signs that Phnom Penh may push for the deployment of observers and withdrawal of troops.
When Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat attended a regional defence
meeting in Cambodia last month, he was reportedly urged to proceed with
the JWG meeting. The meeting was initially scheduled for June 11-13 but
Thailand asked to postpone it to June 26-28.
The source said Thailand would try to avoid the issue of deployment of observers and troop pull-out.
Troop pull-outs were not on the agenda when the first JWG meeting
took place in Bangkok in early April. It concluded with both countries
agreeing to carry out landmine clearing operations.
"We will avoid the issue because it was agreed at the last meeting
that a third country shouldn't be brought in," said the source.
The Thai delegation will be led by Royal Thai Armed Forces' chief of
staff Worapong Sa-nganet while the Cambodian side is led by deputy
defence minister Neang Phat.
A source in the army said the Suranaree Task Force would reduce the
number of troops deployed near the disputed border area around the Preah
Vihear temple due to budget constraints.
About 2,000 troops are deployed near the disputed area. They were
sent in after border skirmishes erupted more than two years ago.
An estimated monthly budget of 30 million baht was needed to keep the operation going.
The source insisted the reduction of soldiers is not a troop pull-out.
In another development, Navy Commander Adm Surasak Rounroengrom
yesterday left for an official visit to Cambodia. The visit is aimed at
strengthening military ties.
3 comments:
"A conflict could be looming if Cambodia presses ahead with calls to deploy observers in the disputed area near the Preah Vihear temple..."
Cambodia has been calling for and has been agreed by the Thai side in February 2011 at the ASEAN meeting in Jakarta to have the Indonesian Observer Team deployed in the disputed zone.
The need to have third party observers in the disputed zone has been reinforced by the July 2011 International Court of Justice (ICJ) order which ordered that both countries allow the Indonesian Observers to monitor the cease-fire.
Now this bitch Wassana Nanuam, masking from behind her so-called "source" are threatening Cambodia with "conflict" if Cambodia persists with having the observers to witness the Thai Army's withdrawals...
The Thais see through Hun Sen's tough acting against Thailand's military. The Thais know that Hun Sen is nothing but a dog who acts tough but in reality is just a biatch bullied into submission to cede Cambodian border areas to Vietnam. The Thais will take this opportunity to expose Hun Sen's weakness and will start to bully Cambodia for more Cambodian border area as well. The Thais and the Viets they will never stop wanting to carve more Cambodia's territory for their own countries.
Hunsen made dumb moved to ceding Khmer land to yuon his boss,Siam sees hunsen weeks point of view and Siam took advantage of it by using tactics to delayed on this issue border dispute between Khmer and Siam.
Next will be Laos ,it will do the same to get a piece of Khmer land like yuon did.
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