Bangkok Post
There’s no doubt that the real winner in the ”speech” contest in New York last Monday was the host, the United Nations Security Council.
The council called a meeting at the UN headquarters to hear statements on the Thai-Cambodian border strife from Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya and his Cambodian counterpart Hor Namhong, who then simply walked out of the room.
The UN body carefully and intentionally made sure this ”contest” ended with the Thai and Cambodian speakers being able to return home claiming a moral victory.
The public, both here and in Cambodia, should not get carried away with the claims made by Mr Kasit, Hor Namhong, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva or Cambodian leader Hun Sen. What they said was merely for domestic political consumption. No one wants to admit they were the loser; that would be a political disaster for both countries.
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