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| Thai Defense Minister Yuthasak Sasiprapha (R Front) greets Cambodian military officers welcoming him upon his arrival at Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh on Dec. 21, 2011. Thai Defense Minister Yuthasak Sasiprapha arrived here Wednesday morning for the 8th meeting of the Cambodia-Thailand General Border Committee. (Xinhua/Sovannara |
PHNOM PENH, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Thai Defense Minister Gen. Yuthasak Sasiprapha, accompanied by the Army Chief Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha and other Thai senior defense officials, arrived here on Wednesday morning for the 8th meeting of Cambodia-Thailand General Border Committee (GBC).
The delegation arrived here by a special aircraft of Royal Thai Air Force. At the Phnom Penh International Airport, the minister was welcomed by Cambodian four-star Gen. Neang Phat, secretary of state of the Ministry of Defense and other high-ranking military officials.
The visiting Yuthasak and his Cambodian counterpart Gen. Tea Banh will chair the 8th GBC meeting, said Neang Phat.
The meeting will focus on general security cooperation along the border and will discuss a time frame for both sides'troop redeployment from the newly defined demilitarized zone near Preah Vihear temple to comply with the order of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), he added.
Cambodia and Thailand have had sporadic border conflict over territorial dispute near Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple since the UNESCO listed the temple as a World Heritage Site on July 7, 2008. Thailand claims the ownership of 4.6 square kilometers (1.8 square miles) of scrub next to the temple.
On July 18, the ICJ ordered Cambodia and Thailand to immediately withdraw their military personnel from the provisional demilitarized zone covering about 17 square kilometers on the disputed border near Preah Vihear temple and to allow ASEAN observers access to the zone to monitor ceasefire.
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