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Source: Free Press Magazine
The opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) has on Tuesday said it will write a letter to ask the government to maintain its stance in seeking the UN Security Council's intervention to resolve the Preah Vihear border conflict with Thailand, reports Free Press Magazine.
Mr. Son Chhay (pictured), a senior MP from the SRP, said on Tuesday that he will personally write a letter to urge the government to seek regional and international engagements over the two year-old conflict. "On this difficult issue with Thailand, I will write a letter to remind and to urge the government not to back down because we cannot just complain to the Asean only. Now I heard that we just complain to the Asean only and the Asean's duty is that when one member complained to it or requested it to help resolve a crisis with a neighbouring country, it will establish an Asean Troika - a group of three countries who are past, present and future chairs of Asean. I will probably write a letter to remind the government not to back down and not to just complain to the Asean only (but to the UN also)", he said.
Mr. Son Chhay said in the past, Asean, with Thailand as the chair, did not render justice to Cambodia when Cambodia requested it to intervene over the matter in 2008. He said the Asean Troika will not resolve the Cambodian-Thai conflict because Thailand will be in the troika. "If the issue is to be resolved at the Asean level, they will create an Asean Troika comprising three countries and that includes the present chair of the Asean which is Vietnam, past chair which is Thailand and the future chair which is Indonesia. If the Asean Troika comprised Thailand, how can the president of the Asean Troika resolve the issue?", he said.
Mr. Son Chhay urged the government to seek UN Security Council's intervention by saying that Cambodia has sufficient documents and the Khmer-Thai treaties as well as the 1962 verdict of the International Court of Justice to back its claims.
Cambodia has asked the Asean to mediate and the Secretary General of Asean, Dr. Surin Pitsuwan who is a Thai, said said on Monday that he cannot make a decision to involve the Asean until he had consulted its members at the meeting in Vietnam in October. Vietnam, who is current president of Asean, is actively consulting with member countries after receiving request from Cambodia to engage Asean in the matter, but there are reports that Thailand has rejected outright any external involvements in the matter.
Source: Free Press Magazine
The opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) has on Tuesday said it will write a letter to ask the government to maintain its stance in seeking the UN Security Council's intervention to resolve the Preah Vihear border conflict with Thailand, reports Free Press Magazine.
Mr. Son Chhay (pictured), a senior MP from the SRP, said on Tuesday that he will personally write a letter to urge the government to seek regional and international engagements over the two year-old conflict. "On this difficult issue with Thailand, I will write a letter to remind and to urge the government not to back down because we cannot just complain to the Asean only. Now I heard that we just complain to the Asean only and the Asean's duty is that when one member complained to it or requested it to help resolve a crisis with a neighbouring country, it will establish an Asean Troika - a group of three countries who are past, present and future chairs of Asean. I will probably write a letter to remind the government not to back down and not to just complain to the Asean only (but to the UN also)", he said.
Mr. Son Chhay said in the past, Asean, with Thailand as the chair, did not render justice to Cambodia when Cambodia requested it to intervene over the matter in 2008. He said the Asean Troika will not resolve the Cambodian-Thai conflict because Thailand will be in the troika. "If the issue is to be resolved at the Asean level, they will create an Asean Troika comprising three countries and that includes the present chair of the Asean which is Vietnam, past chair which is Thailand and the future chair which is Indonesia. If the Asean Troika comprised Thailand, how can the president of the Asean Troika resolve the issue?", he said.
Mr. Son Chhay urged the government to seek UN Security Council's intervention by saying that Cambodia has sufficient documents and the Khmer-Thai treaties as well as the 1962 verdict of the International Court of Justice to back its claims.
Cambodia has asked the Asean to mediate and the Secretary General of Asean, Dr. Surin Pitsuwan who is a Thai, said said on Monday that he cannot make a decision to involve the Asean until he had consulted its members at the meeting in Vietnam in October. Vietnam, who is current president of Asean, is actively consulting with member countries after receiving request from Cambodia to engage Asean in the matter, but there are reports that Thailand has rejected outright any external involvements in the matter.
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