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UN resolution relieves Thai-Cambodian border tension, says Thai PM
BANGKOK, Feb 15 (TNA) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Tuesday (Feb 15) that tension along the Thai-Cambodian border has now eased in the wake of a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution issued after its close-door meeting in New York on Monday (Feb 14).
Abhisit told journalists that he has been reported by Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya on results of the UNSC's February 14 session--representing the world community's call on Bangkok and Phnom Penh to resolve their unsettled border issues through negotiations.
The Thai premier said that the UNSC resolution also endorsed a policy on maintaining attempts to settle the Thai-Cambodian border problems at the bilateral level without any intervention by a third party, and that Cambodia, which requested for the UNSC's recommendation, is expected to respect and follow the UNSC decision.
The Thai leader expressed his confidence that Cambodia would be convinced to return to a negotiation table with Thailand after the forthcoming ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting--set on February 22.
The Thai Democrat Premier's remarks were in response to the UNSC's expression of concerns over a spate of clashes last week near the ancient Preah Vihear Temple between Thai and Cambodian soldiers, leaving at least 10 fatalities in both sides, and recommendations, in its resolution, for a permanent ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia and for the two neighbouring countries to exercise maximum restraint and to avoid any further action which may worsen the situation. The UNSC's closed-door session was attended by its 15 permanent and non-permanent members, the Thai foreign minister, the Cambodian deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Hor Namhong, and the Indonesian foreign minister, Marty Natalegwa, as Jakarta is now the current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), in which Thailand and Cambodia are among its 10 member states.
Abhisit said that Thai Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti has also been assigned to seek talks with the World Heritage Committee under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) for its review on a Preah Vihear management plan proposed by Cambodia, and that Thailand does not want its unsettled border issues with Cambodia related to the 11th century Hindu temple to be filed with the International Court of Justice again. (TNA)
Abhisit told journalists that he has been reported by Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya on results of the UNSC's February 14 session--representing the world community's call on Bangkok and Phnom Penh to resolve their unsettled border issues through negotiations.
The Thai premier said that the UNSC resolution also endorsed a policy on maintaining attempts to settle the Thai-Cambodian border problems at the bilateral level without any intervention by a third party, and that Cambodia, which requested for the UNSC's recommendation, is expected to respect and follow the UNSC decision.
The Thai leader expressed his confidence that Cambodia would be convinced to return to a negotiation table with Thailand after the forthcoming ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting--set on February 22.
The Thai Democrat Premier's remarks were in response to the UNSC's expression of concerns over a spate of clashes last week near the ancient Preah Vihear Temple between Thai and Cambodian soldiers, leaving at least 10 fatalities in both sides, and recommendations, in its resolution, for a permanent ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia and for the two neighbouring countries to exercise maximum restraint and to avoid any further action which may worsen the situation. The UNSC's closed-door session was attended by its 15 permanent and non-permanent members, the Thai foreign minister, the Cambodian deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Hor Namhong, and the Indonesian foreign minister, Marty Natalegwa, as Jakarta is now the current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), in which Thailand and Cambodia are among its 10 member states.
Abhisit said that Thai Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti has also been assigned to seek talks with the World Heritage Committee under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) for its review on a Preah Vihear management plan proposed by Cambodia, and that Thailand does not want its unsettled border issues with Cambodia related to the 11th century Hindu temple to be filed with the International Court of Justice again. (TNA)
