19/02/2011
By Kamol Hengkietisak
Bangkok Post
The United Nations Security Council resolution that Thailand and Cambodia instigate a permanent ceasefire and return to the negotiating table provided an opportunity for Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to launch a diplomatic offensive, noted a [Bangkok] Post Today writer.
First, Mr Abhisit instructed Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya to convince Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong to change his attitude and agree to talks during the Asean foreign ministers meeting in Jakarta next Tuesday.
On this issue, Mr Abhisit informed the cabinet that Thailand and Asean would try to persuade Cambodia to negotiate under the existing frameworks, including the memorandum of understanding signed in 2000 on dealing with the border demarcation, the Joint Border Committee and the Thai-Cambodian General Border Committee.
Second, Mr Abhisit instructed Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suvit Khunkitti to travel to Paris to talk with Unesco’s World Heritage Committee to convince the members to postpone taking up the issue of the management of Preah Vihear, which is scheduled to be held in June in Bahrain, until both countries reach a demarcation resolution.Mr Abhisit urged parliament to speed up the consideration of three Joint Border Committee resolutions to conform with the constitution’s Section 190 to show Thailand’s sincerity in carrying out agreements reached by the committee.
Mr Abhisit also approved a trade initiative with Cambodia by having Deputy Prime Minister Trairong Suwannakhiri and Deputy Commerce Minister Alongkorn Ponlaboot preside over a 175-booth trade exhibition in Phnom Penh on Thursday. Mr Abhisit agreed to let Mr Trairong hold talks with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen during the visit.
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