Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Border negotiations take time: Thai foreign minister

Betwa Sharma

United Nations, Feb 15 (PTI) With UN Security Council asking Thailand and Cambodia to peacefully resolve their border dispute, Thailand”s foreign minister said border negotiations take time like India and China are yet to settle their issues.

“Look at China, India, they went to war 40 years ago. They have not restarted the negotiations but we have started. Border negotiations do take time,” Thailand”s foreign minister Kasit Piromya told reporters.

Recalling that it took long for Russia and China to resolve their border dispute, he said, India and China are yet to resolve their border issues, in an apparent reference the 1962 war between both the nations which flared up due to the disputed Himalayan border region of Aksai Chin in Jammu and Kashmir and the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.

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