BANGKOK, Feb 15 (MCOT online news, agencies) – Thailand is ready to hold bilateral talks to settle the Thai-Cambodian border dispute and to sign a ceasefire agreement but it depends on the Cambodian decision on its commitment to the United Nations, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said.
Interviewed by telephone on state-run television NBT after a meeting of the 15-member United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thai-Cambodia border clash near Preah Vihear temple that all UNSC members wanted to see Thailand and Cambodia hold bilateral talks while the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in which Thailand and Cambodia are members to be a mentor.
He said the ASEAN foreign ministers are scheduled to meet in Jakarta, Indonesia on Feb 22.
Thailand would inform the meeting that Thailand and Cambodia have bilateral talks framework including the 2000 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and the Joint Boundary Commission (JBC).
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