Tuesday, 1 March 2011

Cambodia positively responds observation TOR on dispute with Thailand: Indonesian minister

via CAAI

JAKARTA, Mar 01, 2011 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Cambodia has positively responded on terms of reference (TOR) on observation about its dispute with Thailand, Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said here on Tuesday.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa told reporters that on behalf of chairman of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations, Indonesia will send observation teams to both sides to assess the border situation. "We have sent the TOR last week and Cambodia has responded positively. Now, we are waiting for Thailand's response," said Natalegawa.

According to him, Indonesia has established two teams consisting of 30 officials.

"We prepared 15 officials to observe in situation in Thailand' s side, namely the Indonesian Observer Team-Thailand and to the other side, we will send the Indonesian Observer Team-Cambodia," he said.



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He said that the team will move after any agreement made by the two sides.

The two countries have the border conflict just a week after Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple was enlisted as World Heritage Site on July 7, 2008, since then periodic clashes between both sides' troops happened, resulted in the deaths of troops on both sides.

The latest clashes, on Feb. 4-7, killed and wounded many soldiers and citizens of both sides, and caused tens of thousands of the two countries' villagers nearby the disputed areas fleeing for safe shelters.

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