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Thai wants to share the name and called it Phra Viharn-Preah Vihear

Posted by admin on Feb-3-2009

4/02/20
By THANIDA TANSUBHAPOL
Bangkok Post

Negotiations between Thailand and Cambodia over Preah Vihear have stumbled over the spelling of the name of the famed ancient temple.

A Thai official said yesterday officials of the Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission were trying to find a way around the problem so border negotiations could proceed.

Vasin Teeravechyan, who chairs the commission, said a solution acceptable to the two countries would be found.

Thailand insists on using “the Temple of Phra Viharn-Preah Vihear” on documents used in the negotiations. Cambodian officials strongly object, saying Preah Vihear is internationally accepted.

Mr Vasin, who is a retired Foreign Ministry official, said the name proposed by Thailand was very common in international negotiations on the issue.

The Temple of Phra Viharn-Preah Vihear has been approved by parliament for the framework negotiations with Cambodia. Thailand will use it in documents to be signed with Cambodia.

The meeting will be concluded today.

The two countries have been unable to settle on a plan to reduce troops in the disputed area which covers 4.6 square kilometres between Kantharalak district in Si Sa Ket and the Cambodian province of Preah Vihear.

Mr Vasin refused further comment on the issue. But earlier he said Cambodia had told the meeting it had no soldiers stationed in the area.

The Cambodia delegation is led by Senior Minister Var Kim Hong.

Despite the disagreement over the name of the temple, the two countries will set up another team to survey the borderline for demarcation between Nam Yuen district in Ubon Ratchathani and Phu Sing district in Si Sa Ket, which is 195km long.

Thailand and Cambodia have already formed a survey team to study the disputed area near the ancient temple which was the scene of a military clash last year.

A plan to reduce the number of soldiers near the disputed area is expected to be included in talks when Defence Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan visits Phnom Penh on Friday.

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Cambodian civil society disappointed about Thai institutions pointing fingers at each other regarding the Thai invasions of Khmer territories

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Cambodian National Assembly President Heng Samrin, right, walks with his Thailand counterpart Chai Chidchob, center right, at the Cambodia National Assembly in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, July 23, 2009. Chai Chidchob pays a two-day official visit to Cambodia.

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Source: Khmer Sthapana newspaper
Reported in English by Khmerization

Cambodian civil society are disappointing at the behaviours of the Thai institutions for pointing fingers at each other when it comes to who has the powers to resolve border conflicts with Cambodia.

Mr. Heng Samrin reportedly told Mr. Chai Chidchob, who is an ethnic Khmer from Surin province, to withdraw Thai troops from Cambodian territories during a meeting at the parliament house on the afternoon of 23rd July, but the later can only promise to convey the message to the Thai government.

Mr. Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Independent Teachers Association, said that he is disappointed with answers of the visiting Thai Speaker of the Thai parliament.

In the past, Cambodian leaders had made the same request to the leaders of Thai government about troop withdrawals but they responded the withdrawals cannot be done until the agreements were ratified by the Thai parliament.

Cambodia and Thailand signed several agreements about troop withdrawals but the agreements are still awaiting approval from the Thai parliament, nearly a year of the agreements were signed.

Mr. Rong Chhun said the finger-pointing between the different branches of the Thai institutions is disappointing. Mr. Rong Chhun said this is a Thai tactics of blame games because they have no real intentions of withdrawing their troops from Cambodian territories.

Mr. Rong Chhun urged the Cambodian government to stop engaging in bilateral negotiations with Thailand because numerous talks in the past resulted in no solution. He said the Cambodian government should take the matter to the international mediation by using the Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 as base.

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