Saturday, 14 November 2009

Thailand to continue issuing steps to pressure Cambodia


November 13, 2009

(Posted by CAAI News Media)

Thailand's government will continue issuing measures to pressure Cambodia, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva disclosed Friday.

The weekly cabinet on next Tuesday will discuss about the possible measures and also review bilateral projects with Cambodia, Thai News Agency quoted Abhisit as saying.

However, all steps will be implemented properly and at the right timing, the Thai prime minister said.

Also, the cabinet will discuss to suspend loan worth of 1.4 billion baht (42.02 million U.S. dollars) planned for Cambodia, said Abhisit.

Thailand and Cambodia have downgraded their diplomatic relations due to conflict over an appointment of ousted former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic advisor to Cambodia's government on Nov. 4.

A day after the appointment of Thaksin, the Cambodian government announced recall of its ambassador to Thailand in a move to respond to the Thai government's recall of its ambassador to Cambodia.

And, on Thursday the Cambodian Foreign Ministry ordered Mr. Kamrob Palawatwichai, the first secretary of the Thai Embassy in Cambodia, to leave Cambodia within 48 hours, from 5 p.m., Cambodia's time.

After learning the Cambodian order, Bangkok responded by expelling a first secretary at the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok ordering him to leave Thailand within 48 hours, from 5 p.m., local time.

Thaksin was ousted by the military coup in September 2006, in accusation of corruption, and is living in exile since then.

He returned to Thailand in February 2008 to face corruption charges, but he later fled into exile again and was convicted in absentia.

Source: Xinhua

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