A Change of Guard

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Tuesday 30 June 2009

Khmer-Thai borders tense despite talks between Prime Minister Hun Sen and Thai Deputy PM

Thai military trucks were seen travelling towards the borders at Preah Vihear on Friday 26th.

Source: everyday.com
Reported in English by Khmerization

The Khmer-Thai borders in Preah Vihear areas remain tense as both sides were ordered to be on high alert as they continue to bring more reinforcements to the areas, despite talks between the Cambodian PM and the Thai Deputy PM on the weekend, reports everyday.com.

According to a Cambodian front line military officer based at Phnom Trop, the military situations near the Preah Vihear temple were very tense as both sides had deployed many layers of troops along the borders in the areas.

The same officer said that Cambodian troops are under strict orders to show the utmost restraint and only allow to shoot if Thai troops cross the borders into Cambodian territories. The officer said that Cambodian soldiers will not shoot first if Thai troops do not cross into Cambodian territories.

Thai PM Abhisit Vejjajiva recently had re-ignited border tensions when he proposed to Unesco to de-list the Preah Vihear temple which has just been listed as a world heritage site on 7th July, 2008..

The Deum Ampil newspaper reported that Unesco had concluded a meeting in Spain without considering a Thai proposal for the de-registration of the Preah Vihear temple. The newspaper also said that Unesco did not even allow the Thai delegates to submit the proposal to the meeting and they were not allowed to make any speech to the conference delegates.

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