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| Southeast Asian foreign ministers and senior officials confer during Informal ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 to discuss a deadly border dispute that broke out between Cambodia and Thailand near an 11th century temple. (Photo: AP) |
Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Washington, DC Wednesday, 23 February 2011
“Unarmed observers along the Thai-Cambodian border may find they have little access to areas of conflict.“
With Thailand and Cambodia now agreeing to Asean monitoring an informal ceasefire on the border, Cambodian analysts say more steps need to be taken to fully resolve the dispute.
Asean ministers met in Jakarta on Tuesday, reaching an agreement for both countries to accept an Indonesian monitoring mission to the border, where fierce clashes took place earlier this month near the ancient Preah Vihear temple.
“Such a victory is just a step,” said Ou Virak, head of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights. “There are more steps that need to be taken continuously over a long period.”
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