Gen. Thanasak Patimapakorn
Writer: Wassana Nanuam
21 July 2012
Bangkok Post
Indonesian observers may no longer be needed in
the disputed land near Preah Vihear temple as the situation at the
Thai-Cambodian border has stabilised, Supreme Commander Thanasak
Patimapakorn said yesterday.
Gen Thanasak, who visited Indonesia on Monday and Tuesday, said he
had told his Indonesian counterpart that Thailand and Cambodia had not
been in conflict for almost two years now, so there is no longer a need
for observers.
"Indonesia considers that if the two countries can talk, they will
have no need to come in, and this is also the two nations' stance," Gen
Thanasak said.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on July 18 last year ordered
Thailand and Cambodia to withdraw their troops from the 17.3 sq km
provisional demilitarised zone (PDZ) around Preah Vihear temple after
Cambodia petitioned the ICJ to reinterpret its 1962 verdict granting
Cambodia sovereignty over the temple and its 4.6 sq km surrounding area.
Thailand and Cambodia started redeploying their soldiers from the PDZ
on Wednesday and replacing them with border patrol police officers.
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Cambodian leader Hun Sen
agreed on the troop redeployments during a meeting on July 13 in Siem
Reap.
Gen Thanasak said the situation has remained calm since the redeployment.
He said a Cambodian bomb disposal team will visit Thailand on Thursday to discuss removing explosives from the PDZ.
The move follows the Joint Working Group's (JWG) agreement between
the two countries to start clearing mines in the PDZ. The JWG was formed
following a resolution of the Thai-Cambodian General Border Committee
to work out details of the troop withdrawals, but the past two JWG
meetings failed to reach an agreement so their premiers were asked to
discuss the pullouts.
A Cambodian community continues to live in the disputed area, in
violation of the Thai-Cambodian Memorandum of Understanding on border
issues signed in 2000, but Gen Thanasak said border moves must proceed
step by step.
The ICJ is tentatively set to rule on Cambodia's petition on the
interpretation between September and October next year, Gen Thanasak
said.
3 comments:
Khmers land that's why Why Khmers community lived there since their ancestors time.All of Siam land were belong to Khmer anyway....Why argue about land around khmers temple.
Don't fall for another Siem's trick.
Follow the ICJ courts orders !
Siamese is easy to deal with,unlike bamboo's Yuon is very hard to deal with,especially Khmer govt Cpp is under its influence.Yuon is hard headed,wants to win at all causes,if they don't win,they will use their women to do dirty work,just look American& Yuon wsr1968-1975 Yuon used women as their spy agency to get informations from dumb whitemen,result was American lost the war with shame....Don't forget Yuon is our adversary for century and enemy#1.
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