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Thai authorities meet visiting UNESCO envoy
BANGKOK, Feb 25 (TNA) - Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya and Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti were set to hold a meeting with a visiting special envoy of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Preah Vihear Temple, Koïchiro Matsuura, in Bangkok Friday afternoon (Feb 25).
Matsuura, who is a former UNESCO director-general from 1999-2009 and also a former chairman of the World Heritage Committee in 1999, was assigned by incumbent UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova to discuss with Thailand and Cambodia on measures to safeguard the 11th century-temple, listed as a World Heritage site in 2008. The UNESCO special envoy arrived in the Thai capital Thursday night.
Matsuura's schedule in Thailand does not include his visit to the northeastern Si Sa Ket Province, close to the Preah Vihear Temple. But he and his entourage will fly to Phnom Penh, Cambodia's capital, on Sunday (Feb 27) for talks with Cambodian authorities on ways to solve ongoing Thai-Cambodian border rows related to the Preah Vihear Temple. (TNA)
Matsuura, who is a former UNESCO director-general from 1999-2009 and also a former chairman of the World Heritage Committee in 1999, was assigned by incumbent UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova to discuss with Thailand and Cambodia on measures to safeguard the 11th century-temple, listed as a World Heritage site in 2008. The UNESCO special envoy arrived in the Thai capital Thursday night.
Matsuura's schedule in Thailand does not include his visit to the northeastern Si Sa Ket Province, close to the Preah Vihear Temple. But he and his entourage will fly to Phnom Penh, Cambodia's capital, on Sunday (Feb 27) for talks with Cambodian authorities on ways to solve ongoing Thai-Cambodian border rows related to the Preah Vihear Temple. (TNA)
