Thursday, December 2, 2010

[Thai] Diplomat chosen to lead Thai-Cambodia border body

Asda Jayanama
THAI-KHMER BORDER CONFLICTS

December 2, 2010
By Supalak Ganjanakhundee
The Nation

Career diplomat Asda Jayanama has been selected as the new chief of the Thai-Cambodian Joint Commission on Demarcation for Land Boundary (JBC).

He replaces soft-spoken diplomat Vasin Teeravechyan, who resigned after political pressure from the nationalist People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD).

"The Foreign Ministry chose Ambassador Asda to take the job and nobody raised any objections," said foreign minister's secretary Chavanond Intarakomalyasut.

The position of JBC chief is a hot seat, as the PAD has accused the government of risking loss of sovereignty over the areas adjacent to the Preah Vihear temple in its negotiations on the boundary demarcation.
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