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Tempel van plan de strijd zal zwaar worden

SPECIAAL VERSLAG : Thailand zal beter moeten doen als hij wil naar Cambodja net volgend jaar

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[li]Gepubliceerd op: 6/08/2010 om 12:00 AM[/li][li]Krant rubriek : Nieuws[/li][/ul]

Een betere voorbereiding is nodig als Thailand is het winnen van de strijd met Cambodja over zijn plan voor het beheer van Preah Vihear tempel.

Thailand viert een kleine overwinning vorige week, toen het erin slaagde om de 21- member World Heritage Committee ( WHC ) , bijeen in Brazilië, ervan te overtuigen om een besluit over het plan om de vergadering volgend jaar in Bahrein uit te stellen.
Het was het tweede jaar op rij dat de kwestie was uitgesteld.
Cambodja is nodig om een beheersplan voor de goedkeuring na de tempel werd vermeld als een World Heritage Site door de Verenigde Naties voor Onderwijs, Wetenschap en Cultuur in 2008 in te dienen.
Asda Jayanama , een lid van de Thaise delegatie , voorspelt de strijd met Cambodja zal lang en moeilijk zijn .
In een interview met de Bangkok Post , zei hij Thailand zou het plan volgend jaar opnieuw te blokkeren indien het nog ging om een omstreden grensgebied naast de tempel , en als het land was nog niet afgebakend .
Minister-president Abhisit Vejjajiva had beloofd dat Thailand de volgende keer beter te doen.
Zij zal het opzetten van een nationale commissie om de kwestie te behandelen , onder leiding van Natuurlijke Hulpbronnen en minister van Milieu Suwit Khunkitti .
Thailand is ook nodig om allianties te vormen met de belangrijkste leden van de Unesco en de WHC om haar standpunt te steunen , aldus de heer Asda , die werd benoemd door de regering minder dan twee weken voor de vergadering van WHC in Brazilië.
Thailand wil tot het einde van het geschil over een overlappende grensgebied rond de tempel voordat zij van mening dat het plan voor het beheer . Cambodja -zone omvat het beheer van een deel van het betwiste gebied in het oosten van de tempel , zei de heer Asda , een voormalig ambassadeur bij de Verenigde Naties in New York .
Thailand is ook nodig om een ambassadeur te benoemen om de kwestie Unesco en de lobby andere leden van de Unesco te behandelen , in plaats van met behulp van de ambassadeur in Frankrijk als aanspreekpunt , de heer Asda zei .
Brazilië probeerde de impasse tussen Thailand en Cambodja te breken , zonder succes.
De heer Asda naar Brazilië voordat de heer Suwit en de andere deelnemers aan de Thaise Thaise standpunt uit te leggen aan minister van Cultuur van Brazilië Luiz Joao Silva Ferreira , die voorzitter van de vergadering van WHC .
De volgende doelstelling voor het Thaise team onder leiding van de heer Suwit is om de 19 andere leden van de WHC te overtuigen om haar zaak te steunen.
WHC blijven de leden verdeeld over de vraag wie aan rug, de heer Asda zei .
Maar de heer Suwit vertelde de premier dat Thailand was een underdog met de meeste leden geneigd zijn om Cambodja terug, zoals het begon te lobbyen voor haar plan lang voordat de vergadering plaatsvond .
Thailand is ook gericht op de vertraagde de verspreiding van het beheersplan, waarin zij in een nadeel.
Het plan moest worden verdeeld zes weken voor de vergadering. Maar het was verzonden naar WHC alleen voor leden op 27 juli , een dag vóór de vergadering te wijten was aan de kwestie te bespreken .
Het was niet een volledig verslag als de WHC -leden ontvangen alleen een samenvatting van vijf pagina’s en een kaart waarop het beheer zone.
Ongerust over een mogelijke ineenstorting van de vergadering te wijten aan het conflict tussen Thailand en Cambodja , de Braziliaanse voorzitter geprobeerd een uitweg te vinden door te vragen de Thaise en Cambodjaanse partijen om hun meningsverschillen op te lossen.
Elke zijde heeft drie vertegenwoordigers op de vergadering. De Thaise kant werd geleid door de heer Suwit , met vice-premier Cambodjaanse Sok een toonaangevend zijn delegatie .
De sfeer was gespannen , als geen van beide partijen was bereid toe te geven .
Aangezien er geen kans was van een compromis , gastheer Brazilië bedacht een zeven -punts ontwerp-besluit .
Het geraadpleegd Cambodja en daarna riep de twee landen samen voor de verdere besprekingen .
Verschillende delen van het ontwerp werden herzien na Thailand bezwaar .
Een van de clausules afgewezen was dat de WHC verder " de maatregelen genomen door de Staat die partij is [ Cambodja ] ten aanzien van de oprichting van een internationale coördinerende commissie voor de duurzame instandhouding van het pand " ingenomen .
Het woord " eigendom " is afgewezen omdat het zou het betwiste gebied naast de tempel onder meer , de heer Asda zei .
Het compromis werd voorgelezen aan andere WHC -leden op 28 juli.
De strekking van het compromis was de WHC het besluit om de aandacht van het beheersplan uit te stellen tot de vergadering volgend jaar.bron:http://www.bangkokpost.com

PM, activists discuss Preah Vihear

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[li]Published: 6/08/2010 at 04:46 PM[/li][li]Online news: Politics[/li][/ul]

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was due to meet leaders of the Thailand Patriot Network (TPN) on Friday evening to discuss the Preah Vihear temple issue, after they confirmed plans to rally in front of Government House on Saturday.
The network is led by Maj-Gen Chamlong Srimuang and Veera Somkwamkid, who also serve as leaders of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD).

The leaders demand that the government scrap the memorandum of understanding signed in 2000 by Thailand and Cambodia. It is a framework for the two countries to find ways to demarcate the land border.
Mr Veera said the memo was a source of the problem as it gave Cambodians a chance to trespass and settle in the disputed area. The TPN demands that the MoU be revoked.

Mr Abhisit said he wanted to talk to the network because it and the government both share the same goal – to protect Thailand’s sovereignty and the country’s interests.

The Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) agreed at its meeting on Friday that the planned Bangkok rally would be at risk of violating the emergency decree in force in the capital, spokesman Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd said.

This conclusion was reached after consulting a representatuve from the Office of the Attorney-General.
If the organisers insisted on goingahead with the mass protest the authorities would have no choice but to take legal action against its members under law, otherwise they would be accused of double-standards, Col Sansern said.

Although the network would cite the right to assembly under the constitution, it must take into consideration that the emergency decree is still in place in Bangkok, he said.

Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban also warned organisers not to go ahead with the rally as they would face the prospect of legal action.
Earlier in the day, PAD leaders Sondhi Limthongkul and Maj-Gen Chamlong and spokesman Panthep Puapongphan announced that the group had passed a resolution to support the TPN rally, which is scheduled to begin at 8am on Saturday.

Some PAD leaders such as Maj-Gen Chamlong would join the protest, but the rally would not be held in the name of the PAD.

Mr Sondhi said the signing of a document by Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti, leader of the Thai delegation to the World Heritage Committee meeting in Brazil, was tantamount to recognising the same map which accompanied the Thai-Cambodian joint communique signed by former foreign minister Noppadon Pattama in 2008.

This could allow Cambodia to claim a disputed area around the Preah Vihear temple since Cambodian people had now settled in the area without being pushed out by Thailand, Mr Sondhi said.

He said Mr Suwit’s signing of the document would result in Thailand conceding 1.8 million rai of land to Cambodia.

Mr Suwit’s claim of success at the WHC meeting was a lie to the people, Mr Sondhi said.
The document acknowledged Cambodia’s submission of a management plan for Preah Vihear and postponed further consideration of it for another year.

Maj-Gen Chamlong said the planned Saturday rally was a request to the government to revoke the memorandum of understanding signed with Cambodia in 2000, to push Cambodian people out of the 4.6 square kilometre disputed area, to review Thailand’s strategy to retake Preah Vihear temple and to oppose the appointment of Thai representatives to the seven-nation International Coordination Committee (ICC) to supervise the temple under Cambodia’s management plan.

Chaiwat Sinsuwong, a core member of the Thailand Patriot Network, insisted the rally woluld not be a political gathering but a legitimate assembly allowed by the constitutionn to protect the country’s territorial sovereignty.

Therefore, the rally would not be in violation of the emergency decree, he said.

Mr Chaiwat expected a large number of people from throughout the country to take part.
Late this afternoon it was announced that Government House and the surrounding area will be declared a “restricted zone” from Friday night/
Metropolitan police chief Pol Lt-Gen Santan Chayanon announced this after a meeting with representatives of the Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) and the First Army.
Six companies of metropolitan police and three companies of soldiers would be deployed to maintain law and order in and around Government House and roads leading to it.
The same standard as that used with the red-shirt protesters would be applied for the planned protest rally of the Thailand Patriot Network, he said.bron:http://www.bangkokpost.com

Puea Thai threatens to sue PM, Suthep

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Puea Thai Party will take legal action against the prime minister and head of the Centre for the Resolution of Emergency Situation (CRES) Suthep Thaugsuban for negligence, if the government takes no action against members of Thailand Patriot Network who are now rallying against Cambodia’s management plan for Preah Vihear temple in Bangkok, spokesman Jirayu Huangsap said.
“We have set up a war room to closely watch on how the state will enforce the law against against the protesters rallying at Government House and Thai-Japan stadium”, Mr Jirayu said on Saturday.
Under the emergency decree, a gathering of more than five people is prohibited and that the rally by members of the patriot network is a violation of the law, he pointed out.
If the government fails to take legal action against the protesters, it will also prove that it has double standards, he said.bangkokpost

Abhisit and PAD to join together for TV show

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Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will debate civil groups rallying against the government’s handling of Preah Vihear temple in a special television programme today.
Mr Abhisit said the network of Thai Patriots, led by People’s Alliance for Democracy co-leader Chamlong Srimuang, has been invited to the three-hour programme to be broadcast on Channel 11 this morning.
They will debate the Preah Vihear issue and the controversial Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on border demarcation with Cambodia signed by a previous government in 2000.
The invitation was extended when Mr Abhisit was addressing thousands of members of the network at the Thai-Japanese Stadium in Din Daeng yesterday.
Mr Abhisit also said the government would revoke the MoU as requested by the network if it would benefit the country.
"It is fine to have different opinions as long as we have a common stand of protecting national interest.
“But I suggest that we talk and if the cancellation
[of the MoU] does the country better, we should cancel it,” he said.
“But we should never exert pressure that it must or must not be cancelled,” he told the crowds.
He also pledged to take action against any encroachment by Cambodian people in the disputed territory around the temple.
“The Foreign Ministry and the armed forces are coordinating how to approach the matter,” he said.
Led by network member Veera Somkwamkid, about 100 protesters first gathered outside Government House yesterday despite being banned by the Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES).
They later moved to outside the 1st Army Region headquarters on Ratchadamnoen Nok Avenue after negotiating with police.
Puea Thai Party MP Wicharn Menchainant yesterday criticised the rally as a political show between the PAD and the government.
“Why would the PAD let the prime minister speak on stage to the cheers of rally goers? The government hasn’t yet clarified either the MoU or the temple,” he said.Bangkokpost

PREAH VIHEAR
Govt and PAD arm reach temple accord

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The government and so-called Thai Patriots network have reached a common position on the disputed 4.6 square kilometre area surrounding the Preah Vihear temple, which they say is part of Thailand.

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The use of military force will be the last option. - ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA PRIME MINISTER

The conclusion was reached during a televised discussion between Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and members of the network, which is led by the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), broadcast on Channel 11 yesterday morning.
Mr Abhisit agreed with the group that the disputed zone belonged to Thailand and Cambodia had encroached upon Thai soil despite the temple itself being on Cambodian land.
Thailand claims the disputed area is part of Si Sa Ket’s Kantharalak district, while Cambodia says it is in its Preah Vihear province.
The International Court of Justice ruled in 1962 that the temple belonged to Cambodia.
PAD spokesman Panthep Puapongpan said Cambodians have been encroaching upon the land and settling there. They had also built a road leading to the temple.
He said Cambodia’s encroachment on Thai soil obstructed efforts to demarcate the disputed area.
Veera Somkwamkid, leader of the Thai Patriots network, called on the government to revoke the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on border demarcation that Thailand signed with Cambodia in 2000.
He said Mr Abhisit was correct to assert that Thailand had not lost the territory around the Preah Vihear temple to Cambodia.
Mr Veera urged the prime minister to take measures to drive out Cambodians encroaching upon the disputed area.
Mr Abhisit told members of the network the government would use both diplomatic and military measures to deal with the encroachment.
He said the government had done its best to avoid armed confrontation with Cambodia, but the armed forces and security agencies were ready to defend the country if a border conflict appeared inevitable.
“The use of military force will be the last option,” he said.
Mr Abhisit said his government was addressing problems created by past administrations.
He insisted the MoU benefited Thailand as it forbade encroachment on the disputed territory by either party before the area had been demarcated.

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He said the memo did not recognise a map submitted by Cambodia to the recent World Heritage Committee meeting in Brazil as part of its proposed management plan for the temple.
Second Army commander Weewalit Chornsamrit said the army was monitoring the movements of Cambodians who had settled in the disputed zone.
The military was ready to force the settlers from the area if ordered to do so by the government, Lt Gen Weewalit said.
Suriyasai Katasila, secretary-general of the New Politics Party, the political arm of the PAD, said the discussion of the temple issue was beneficial as it revealed information about the subject that had previously been kept secret.bron:Bangkokpost

En weer een ‘‘probleempje’’ voor Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
Volgens mij kan hij zich eerst beter druk maken over de interne politieke problemen in Thailand.Net als wat de verschillende polls aangeven vind het Thaise volk dit nu wel even belangrijker.:wereld:

PM: Can’t deliver response to activist temple demands within week

BANGKOK: – Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Sunday it is impossible for him to follow and respond to all the demands lodged by activist groups to resolve the temple dispute with Cambodia within seven days.

Mr Abhisit’s acknowledgment came after a debate between four senior government officials, led by himself, and an equal number of activist men. The debate was telecast live by the state-run NBT station.

The premier told members of the activist groups representing the newly-formed ‘Thailand Patriot Network’ and civil society groups including the yellow-clad People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) that it was impossible for his government to solve the temple crisis within seven days as they demanded saying more time is needed as the government must also listen to opinions from various other sectors.

Again, Mr Abhisit also told the activist representatives that his government had never accepted the Cambodian map showing a different border between the two neighbouring countries than that recognised by Thailand.

The prime minister urged the people to heed the King’s earlier advice on solving border problems noting that it must be done through peaceful means and unity among the peoples. It is useless to wage a war to tackle such difficulties, Mr Abhisit said.

The ruling by the International Court of Justice in 1962 only stipulated that Preah Vihear temple belongs to Cambodia but the adjoining areas belong to Thailand, the prime minister said.

Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti said during the debate that he would not attend the upcoming meeting of the seven-member International Coordinating Committee (ICC) which would discuss management of the temple, awarded World Heritage site status by UNESCO in 2008, as he did not know details of the meeting and was uncertain whether his presence would have any binding in future.

Meanwhile, Veera Somkwamkid, leader of ‘Thailand Patriot Network’, who also attended the debate said afterward that he could partially accept the government’s clarifications as he understood that the government has limited options for resolving the problem.

Mr Veera said the prime minister still could not promise any measures in pushing back Cambodians now settling on disputed territory near the temple.

Thai villagers living in Si Sa Ket province bordering Cambodia near Preah Vihear temple sits on a border cliff said after watching the debate that they were confident that the prime minister could resolve the Preah Vihear temple issue and also relieve their hardships resulting from tensions in the area.

The local Thai agreed that they neither wanted to see any protest nor armed clashes between soldiers of the two countries at the disputed border.

Meanwhile, after the debate, the Thailand Patriot Network dispersed from the first Army Region headquarters in Bangkok but vowed to come back to protest again after finding the prime minister’s explanation as being satisfactory ‘at a certain level’ but that it did not meet their demand.

Network leader Chaiwat Sinsuwong said their decision to disperse was a truce as the number of reinforcements from the group’s supporters on the second day of their gathering was not adequate. They will regroup again when they are ready, he said.

Leader Veera Somkwankid said the civil network and the PAD will hold talks later this week to set their strategies and fight in a practical way in the same direction.

He agreed that differing opinions had an impact on negotiation. Although he was still not satisfied with the government’s stance and the government could not meet their demand, he thought the government’s performance worked at a certain level.

Meanwhile, the Cambodian embassy in Bangkok Sunday opened a letter from Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen – his response to Thailand concerning the Preah Vihear issue.

It said the Cambodian prime minister sent a letter to the United Nations Security Council regarding Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s speech during his meeting with the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) on Saturday that his government might revoke the 2000 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by Thailand and Cambodia if the problem cannot be solved.

Mr Hun Sen said Mr Abhisit’s address was a threat to use force to solve the problem which contradicts the Charter of the United Nations. However, the Cambodian leader insisted his country would not use force to tackle a problem with its neighbour. Meanwhile, Cambodia has a right to protect its soverignty if it is invaded intentionally.

Bron: Thailand Live

Thai-Cambodian border talks postponed

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Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to postpone indefinitely the 7th General Border Meeting (GBC) set for Aug 27-28 in Pattaya because of ‘some important reasons,’ defence spokesman Col Thanathip Sawangsaeng said on Wednesday.
The spokesman said Defence Minster Prawit Wongsuwon and his Cambodian counterpart Gen Tea Banh had agreed to the delay.
It was earlier reported that the postponement was made at the request of Cambodia because of an unfavourable atmosphere as a result of the conflict over the Preah Vihear temple.
Col Thanathip said the postponement was agreed on after Thailand, as the host, asked Cambodia whether it was ready for the meeting. Cambodia replied that documents to be signed at the meeting had not yet been properly prepared.
The spokesman said it was not the Preah Vihear conflict that forced the postponement.
The GBC meeting was originally intended for the two sides to sign agreements on border security cooperation over landmine disposals, suppression of drug smuggling and human trafficking, marine security and joint operations by police and soldiers along the border.
Col Thanathip said the GBC would not discuss border demarcation, since that is the responsibility of the Joint Boundary Committee of the foreign ministries of the two countries.
He said the situation along the Thai-Cambodian border was normal, so was the cross-border trade, and troops of both sides were in contact as usual.
The GBC is co-chaired by the defence ministers of the two countries. There are 18 members from each side, including the supreme commanders and heads of the three armed forces.bron:Bangkokpost

PM Abhisit: Cambodia intrudes first

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Cambodia has violated the Thai-Cambodian memorandum of understanding signed in 2000 by encroaching on the Thai territory first, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said during his weekly broadcast on Sunday morning.
Mr Abhisit said the government had finished writing a letter explaining to the United Nations that Thailand did not threaten to use military force against Cambodia, as claimed by the Cambodian government.

“Thailand is committed to solve the border dispute peacefully under the 2000 MoU,” the premier said.

Cambodian was the only side trying to list as a world heritage site of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. The Thai government had been clarifying the situation to foreign countries to avoid misunderstanding, he said.

A committee had been set up to help oversee the issue, he added. Bangkokpost

Thais want table for two

ANALYSIS: The Foreign Ministry is seeking a bilateral resolution to the Preah Vihear land dispute

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[li]Published: 16/08/2010 at 12:00 AM[/li][li]Newspaper section: News[/li][/ul]

Thailand’s push for a fresh meeting of the Joint Boundary Commission with Cambodia is aimed at preventing international interference in the dispute over the border area near the Preah Vihear temple.
The Foreign Ministry will table the outcome of previous meetings of the JBC held last year and in 2008 for parliament’s approval tomorrow, said Chavanond Intarakomalyasut, secretary to the foreign minister.
Among the items up for parliament approval will be an aerial map of the border dividing the two countries and an agreement to establish a working group to demarcate the boundary.
The constitution requires that all matters that could affect sovereignty be subject to parliamentary approval.
The move follows Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya’s announcement last Tuesday that Thailand wanted to hold the JBC meeting soon to place all disputed areas on the negotiating table.
Parliamentary approval of the outcome of the previous two meetings would send a signal to Cambodia that Thai negotiators were ready to deal with the dispute over the unsettled border areas and that foreign assistance was not required.
Thailand and Cambodia would use the memorandum of understanding signed in 2000 by then deputy foreign minister Sukhumbhand Paribatra and Var Kim Hong, the Cambodian adviser on border affairs, as a framework to demarcate the border lines.
The JBC has been assigned to implement the memorandum.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva stressed his intention for the Preah Vihear matter to be resolved bilaterally in a letter sent last Tuesday to the United Nations General Assembly and UN Security Council.
“The intention of the Royal Thai Government is to solve the problem of land boundary between Thailand and Cambodia through the implementation of the 2000 memorandum of understanding between the government of the Kingdom of Thailand and the government of the Kingdom of Cambodia on the survey and demarcation of land boundary,” the letter says.
The Thai government has reason to emphasise this stance, as the Cambodian government has recently gone on the offensive, asking for help from other countries to help resolve the border dispute with Thailand.
On Saturday, Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong sent a letter to current Asean chair Vietnam asking the country to intervene.
That request followed a letter sent on Aug 8 by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to the UN General Assembly and the UN Security Council in which he said the dispute over Preah Vihear could lead to bloodshed without international intervention.
The Thai side believes that bringing in outsiders would only further complicate the issue.
The memorandum uses treaties signed by Thailand and France in 1904 and 1907, as well as maps from that time, as a basis for negotiations.
Thai negotiators have said the two treaties reflected France’s power in the region at the time and put Thailand at a disadvantage.
However, they believe there is room for negotiations if Cambodia accepted the international accepted practice on border demarcation in which the watershed is used as the dividing line for any area where the borderline is in dispute. That would include the 4.6 square kilometre area near Preah Vihear temple.
A breakthrough in negotiations will take time and will only be possible when relations between the countries warm.
Ties have soured in recent years, first after Thailand tried to block Cambodia’s sole listing of Preah Vihear on the world heritage list in 2008, and then after former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was appointed an economic adviser to the prime minister in Phnom Penh.
Thailand’s opposition to Cambodia’s management plan for Preah Vihear at the recent World Heritage Committee (WHC) meeting widened the rift.
The WHC deferred its decision on the plan partly because of Thailand’s opposition to its inclusion of a buffer zone that included land claimed by the two countries. The issue must be resolved before the WHC considers the plan at its meeting next year in Bahrain.
Phnom Penh now wants the dispute over the overlapping area settled quickly, so its plan would not face any further obstacles at next year’s WHC meeting.
It hopes that bringing regional or international pressure to bear on Thailand would force the country into a quick settlement on the issue.
The challenge Thailand now faces is to bring Cambodia back to the negotiation table with the JBC.
As evidenced by the letter from the Cambodian foreign minister to Vietnam, Phnom Penh is not keen on working the matter out bilaterally.
“As the current stalemate has extinguished any hope of further bilateral negotiations and in order to avoid any large scale armed conflict… I earnestly seek assistance [from Asean],” the letter quoted by AFP stated.
But acting government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said he hoped there would not be any outside interference.Bangkokpost.

THAI-KHMER BORDER DISPUTE
Parliament delays debate on border talks

By The Nation
Published on August 18, 2010
**Reports from recent Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Committee (JBC) meetings were not considered by MPs in Parliament yesterday after pressure from a nationalist group protesting over the border dispute. **

Parliamentary SpeakerChai Chidchobsaid he did not put the JBC reports on the agenda, despite saying the gathering of a nationalist group led by activist Veera Somkwamkid in front of Parliament was nonsense.
Yesterday’s session only heard a proposal from a parliamentary committee to keep reports from the session on boundary demarcation secret.
Foreign MinisterKasit Piromyasaid he had submitted agreed minutes from three JBC meetings on boundary talks held over the past two years, but he had no idea when they would be on the agenda for MPs to consider.
Article 190 of the Constitution requires the ministry to submit any negotiation framework, which could lead to changes of borders or territory, so they are approved by Parliament.
The JBC was set up in accordance with a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with Cambodia in 2000 to survey and demarcate the boundary line with officials from the neighbouring country.
Thai nationalists and some senators want the government to revoke the 2000 MoU because they fear losing territory to Cambodia, as the document recognises a French map that suggests areas adjacent to Preah Vihear temple on the border belong to Cambodia.
Thailand and Cambodia have been at loggerheads over the temple and adjacent territory after it was listed as a World Heritage site in 2008. Thailand fears the listing process may undermine its claim to disputed areas adjacent to the temple.
The last JBC meeting was in April last year and talks are only able to continue once the Thai Parliament has endorsed the agreed minutes from the three last meetings.
Veera told his supporters to disperse from their rally outside Parliament after a news report revealed consideration of the JBC documents had been delayed.