Preah Vihear temple demilitarised

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Sukumpol, Tea Banh agree on troop move

Published: 27 Feb 2013 at 00.00
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Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to replace border troops with police ahead of the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) oral hearings on the two countries' territorial dispute.

Defence Minister SukumpolSuwanatat discusses the border dispute with his Cambodian counterpart GenTea Banh at the Preah Vihear temple. WASSANANANUAM

Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat yesterday said he reached the agreement with his Cambodian counterpart Tea Banh during a visit to the Preah Vihear temple, at the centre of the dispute involving 4.6 sq km of border land.

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sleepwalk
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Discussion 13 : 27 Feb 2013 at 19.0113
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I strongly agree with you. It is not the first time that the Thailitary / Thailand uses this tactic. They agree not to use forces but after they leave a meeting with unhappy result of the meeting. What a childish game! Let' see what is happening after the April hearing.
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Discussion 12 : 27 Feb 2013 at 17.5612
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Dao - do you mean Hindu?
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Discussion 11 : 27 Feb 2013 at 17.4611
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Yes Thailand will move out now to look good, when the ICJ confirms its original decision, they will be back!!
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Discussion 10 : 27 Feb 2013 at 13.5110
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This was agreed to by both sides years ago. Unfortunately,the Khmers instead dug-in and fortified their positions in and around Phra Viharn,with bunkers for machine guns and mortars,aimed at Thailand. Just goes to show that you can't trust the Hun Sen regime.
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Discussion 9 : 27 Feb 2013 at 11.459
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A small step forward, in the right direction. In view of his culpable mishandling of the Preah Vihear dispute while in office, Abhisit's credibility on the matter is holed below the water-line. If the price of opening up the area to tourism is conceding nominal ownership of the temple to Cambodia, then that would be a price well worth paying, for both sides.
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Discussion 8 : 27 Feb 2013 at 11.128
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Dao dis#6, you can't continue to distort history when all the information are at public domain. The temple legal custodian has been already determined in 1962 by ICJ and not as you said "given away by Taksin lawyers". World Heritage Committee decided to list PV as heritage site and Cambodia in 2008 announced their intention to inscribe World Heritage by UNESCO. Thailand refused at first but relented and agreed to the inscription. That's when AV and his rightist cohorts started their terror campaign that leads to the border war. He was the mess.
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Discussion 7 : 27 Feb 2013 at 11.007
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Finally an end to the "Democrats" nationalistic madness. Naturally, neighboring countries should be able to have peaceful discussions without the threat of war and violence. Particularly since both countries belong to a future "ASEAN community".
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Discussion 6 : 27 Feb 2013 at 09.086
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Thats a very simplistic view of what happened .Thaksin stoked the conflict by becoming an economic advisor for his money making buddy Hun Sen .Taksins lawyer started the conflict by announcing that Thailand would give the temple to Cambodia .Abhisit was stuck cleaning up the mess as usual .But he has had to clean up a lot of Taksins messes . He is then condemned for it as people become dependent once again on handouts .
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Discussion 5 : 27 Feb 2013 at 08.555
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This was agreed to by both sides years ago. They were to remove all troops from the immediate area of the temple immediately. to be relplaced by and Indonesian peace keeping force. Instead of doing it, they had a small undeclared war in which villagers in the border regions were killed. I wouldn't trust this pair of windbags to watch my neighbors dog, let alone participate in an international border demarcation agreement.
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Discussion 4 : 27 Feb 2013 at 08.344
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Respect the border demarcation and the court ruling and move on .Thailand and cambodia could use this as a chance to open the temple together .It would be "Buddhist"
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