Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Thai PM chair meeting to consider World Court’s ruling

BANGKOK, July 19 (MCOT online news) — Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Tuesday will chair a meeting of security concerned agencies to discuss the International Court of Justice (ICJ) or World Court ruling on the Thai-Cambodian border dispute.

Mr Abhisit had invited representatives of security-concerned agencies including the armed forces, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Security Council, the secretary-general of the Council of State and the secretariat of the Cabinet to the meeting.

It was expected that the meeting would consider the provisional measures issued by the ICJ, the highest UN court, focusing on the possible impact against Thai domestic law.

The UN court on Monday turned down Cambodia’s demand for a unilateral Thai pullback, and Thailand’s demand for Cambodia’s request to be removed from the court’s consideration was unanimously rejected.

The World Court ordered Thailand and Cambodia to immediately withdraw all military personnel currently present in the provisional demilitarised zone, as defined by the court, and to refrain from any military presence within that zone and from any armed activity directed at it.

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