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Outgoing Thai authorities discuss ICJ's July 18 ruling
Thai caretaker foreign minister Kasit Piromya and his secretary, Chavanond Intarakomalyasut, met caretaker prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva at Government House in Bangkok Friday to discuss the International Court of Justice (ICJ)'s scheduled ruling on July 18 on Cambodia’s requests related to the ancient Preah Vihear Temple.
After the 30-minute meeting, Chavanond told reporters that Kasit discussed with the Thai caretaker premier ways to defence national interest in The Hagues-based World Court, and that Kasit will leave for The Hague in the Netherlands on July 14 to be present before the ICJ on July 18.
Chavanond revealed that Cambodia has filed the case with three demands with the World Court, including Thailand's withdrawing its troops from an unsettled area surrounding the Preah Vihear Temple, stopping clashes with the Cambodian side and stopping violating the Cambodian sovereignty.
Chavanond said that Thailand has already clarified the Cambodian accusations, and that the ICJ has no authority to rule on the issues because Thailand has followed its past ruling in 1962 and there is not a new point in this case. According to the senior Thai official, the World Court's verdict on July 18 is, therefore, expected to be in favour of Thailand and the three Cambodian demands are likely to be dismissed.
Chavanond urged the new Puea Thai government to be firm on the same position to protect national sovereignty, to adhere to the watershed line being the borderline and not to bow to Cambodia's demands and stance on relying on the 1:200000 map which puts Thailand at a disadvantage.
Meanwhile, Isiwut Tangkiat, president of an association of Thai-Cambodian border traders and tour operators in Thailand's eastern Chantaburi Province, said that Cambodian traders want the new Thai government under the leadership of the Puea Thai Party to immediately improve relations with neighbouring Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Malaysia to further boost the value of border trade, which has stood around 100 billion baht annually, with the border trade between Thailand and Cambodia alone exceeding 50 billion baht yearly, more than five billion baht of which has been secured in Chantaburi. (TNA)
After the 30-minute meeting, Chavanond told reporters that Kasit discussed with the Thai caretaker premier ways to defence national interest in The Hagues-based World Court, and that Kasit will leave for The Hague in the Netherlands on July 14 to be present before the ICJ on July 18.
Chavanond revealed that Cambodia has filed the case with three demands with the World Court, including Thailand's withdrawing its troops from an unsettled area surrounding the Preah Vihear Temple, stopping clashes with the Cambodian side and stopping violating the Cambodian sovereignty.
Chavanond said that Thailand has already clarified the Cambodian accusations, and that the ICJ has no authority to rule on the issues because Thailand has followed its past ruling in 1962 and there is not a new point in this case. According to the senior Thai official, the World Court's verdict on July 18 is, therefore, expected to be in favour of Thailand and the three Cambodian demands are likely to be dismissed.
Chavanond urged the new Puea Thai government to be firm on the same position to protect national sovereignty, to adhere to the watershed line being the borderline and not to bow to Cambodia's demands and stance on relying on the 1:200000 map which puts Thailand at a disadvantage.
Meanwhile, Isiwut Tangkiat, president of an association of Thai-Cambodian border traders and tour operators in Thailand's eastern Chantaburi Province, said that Cambodian traders want the new Thai government under the leadership of the Puea Thai Party to immediately improve relations with neighbouring Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Malaysia to further boost the value of border trade, which has stood around 100 billion baht annually, with the border trade between Thailand and Cambodia alone exceeding 50 billion baht yearly, more than five billion baht of which has been secured in Chantaburi. (TNA)
