By: BangkokPost.com
Published: 1/07/2009
Relations between Thailand and Cambodia are still cordial and both governments were continually working to solve the border dispute near Preah Vihear temple, Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said on Wednesday.
"It is the responsibility of the army of each country whether to withdraw troops along the border area, but I believe neither country wants another clash," the minister said.
It was possible the Cambodian government misunderstood Thailand's intentions in asking the World Heritage Committee to review Cambodia's unilateral listing of the 11th-century temple as a world heritage site, he said.
The Thai government had no intention to offend its neighbour, he said.
Mr Kasit also said the Foreign Ministry had no idea if fugitive politician Thaksin Shinawatra was in Asia or anywhere else. The ministry, unlike the police, had no authority to bring him back to answer the charges against him. The ministry could only enter into diplomatic negotiations. But Thaksin would be brought brought back to the country to face justice, he said.
"The Foreign Ministry is not a secret police agency or the CIA, but he must return to Thailand because jail-time is waiting for him," the minister said.
Published: 1/07/2009
Relations between Thailand and Cambodia are still cordial and both governments were continually working to solve the border dispute near Preah Vihear temple, Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said on Wednesday.
"It is the responsibility of the army of each country whether to withdraw troops along the border area, but I believe neither country wants another clash," the minister said.
It was possible the Cambodian government misunderstood Thailand's intentions in asking the World Heritage Committee to review Cambodia's unilateral listing of the 11th-century temple as a world heritage site, he said.
The Thai government had no intention to offend its neighbour, he said.
Mr Kasit also said the Foreign Ministry had no idea if fugitive politician Thaksin Shinawatra was in Asia or anywhere else. The ministry, unlike the police, had no authority to bring him back to answer the charges against him. The ministry could only enter into diplomatic negotiations. But Thaksin would be brought brought back to the country to face justice, he said.
"The Foreign Ministry is not a secret police agency or the CIA, but he must return to Thailand because jail-time is waiting for him," the minister said.
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