Sunday, 21 September 2008

Foreign Ministers to work out Ta Kwai dispute

(BangkokPost.com) - Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat and his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen both agreed to resolve the border dispute around Ta Kwai temple at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in New York, the United States on September 29.

According to Foreign Ministry’s Department of Information deputy chief Thani Thongpakdee, the premiers from the two countries had a telephone conversation and both agreed that the Thai-Cambodian border row can be solved through bilateral means.

He said the Thai premier expressed confidence that the problem can end peacefully and legally because both countries have cordial relations for a long time.

Foreign ministers from Thailand and Cambodia will seek a peaceful solution to the border row around Ta Kwai at the upcoming ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting, after the Cambodian premier earlier accused Thailand of border intrusion into Ta Kwai last week, Mr Thani concluded.

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