Saturday, 8 March 2008

Foreign Ministry summons French, Cambodian ambassador to protest French ancient maps

March 7, 2008

The Foreign Ministry Friday summoned the Cambodian and French ambassadors to Thailand to register Thailand's opposition to Cambodia's use of ancient maps published by France to determine its borderline.

Weerachai Palasai, director-general of the Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs, said he was assigned by Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama to summon the two ambassadors to register the opposition.

He said French Ambassador Laurent Bili and Cambodian Ambassador Ung Sean were told that Thailand saw that the ancient maps of Utdor Mean Chey province and Preah Vihear provinces were inaccurate.

The Nation

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