Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen appears to be
confused about issues related to land and maritime border disputes with
Thailand, Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday.
He denied having tried to politicise these issues, as alleged by Hun Sen, saying he had merely reacted to remarks by government leaders and
to those of former PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
"Hun Sen seems to have got the timeline of these issues mixed up and I want to clarify," Abhisit said.
In regard to the exploration for oil and gas in the Thai-Cambodian
overlapping maritime claims area, Thaksin himself had expressed interest
in investing in the project, he said.
Abhisit said he had not smeared Thaksin or Hun Sen by fabricating business linkages between the two.
Furthermore, statements from the Cambodian government admitted ongoing
negotiations with the Yingluck government in regard to border issues
governed by two memoranda of understanding (MoUs).
The negotiations implied a link between land and maritime border disputes, he said.
Last week Foreign Minister Surapong Towichukchaikul said he did not
want to reveal details of negotiations on the border dispute near the
Preah Vihear Temple because it would affect the overlapping maritime
boundary talks, Abhisit said.
He added that in contrast to the government's stand, he would not link
the two MoUs on land and maritime disputes because it would put Thailand
at a disadvantage. He said the government was obliged to make a
decision soon on whether to uphold the MoU on the maritime boundary or
to convince Cambodia to switch to a new framework.
The geographical fact is the majority of maritime resources are located
on the Thai side - but the profit sharing formula calls for a 50-50
split, he said.
Surapong yesterday distributed an unofficial translation in Phnom Penh of a statement from the Cambodian government.
The Cambodian government issued the statement in response to the
Democrat Party's accusation that it has secret interests with Thaksin in
the overlapping maritime areas. Surapong said Prime Minister Yingluck
Shinawatra would tomorrow discuss the Preah Vihear case with all
relevant officials and the Cabinet would, by the middle of March,
resolve the direction in which the case would be fought in the
International Court of Justice.
1 comment:
These two dogs barking at each other none stop
these dogs so childish the one that got educated from England [Abhisit] still as dumb as the dog that got educated from the Jungle [Hun Sen] by professor Ho now reside in Hell.If i get my way i like to put these two dogs in the death's cage let them fight each other to death,the winner get to live the loser have to be killed.Prof Ho from Hell says his student will win.....
Ho
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