Unesco envoy to meet Kasit, Suwit
- Published: 25/02/2011 at 11:00 AM
- Online news: Local News
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) special envoy on Preah Vihear temple Koïchiro Matsuura arrived in Bangkok on Thursday night and will have discussions with Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya and Natural Resources and Environment minister Suvit Khunkitti this afternoon.
Mr Matsuura, a former director-general of Unesco (1999-2009) and a former chairman of the World Heritage Committee (1999), was appointed by director general Irina Bokova to discuss with Thailand and Cambodia measures to safeguard the temple, which was listed as a World Heritage site in 2008.The three-member Unesco delegation will fly to Phnom Penh on Sunday for talks with Cambodian officials on ways of reducing tension and promoting dialogue around the preservation of the temple.Mr Matsuura's schedule in Thailand does not include a visit to Si Sa Ket province, which is the usual public entryway to the 11th century temple in normal times. It was not known if they would visit the slightly damaged old Hindu temple.Unesco director-general Bokova has voiced concern over clashes around the...
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- Writer: Achara Ashayagachat
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