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Hun Sen wants to go further and get Bangkok to sign permanent ceasefire
Having been on the backfoot internationally, Thailand is braced for an informal Asean meeting in Jakarta today over its border conflict with Cambodia – and it does not want to concede more diplomatic ground to Phnom Penh.
Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong rushed to take the credit yesterday as soon as he learned that Bangkok had agreed to have observers monitor permanent ceasefire terms at the disputed area adjacent to Preah Vihear temple.
“Now that Thailand has agreed with the idea of observers, it would be a positive step in the meeting in Jakarta,” the Cambodian minister told reporters yesterday before departing for the Asean forum.
“This is the result of our complaint with the UN Security Council, because we have asked it to provide observers for the disputed border areas to ensure a ceasefire and see who the real invader is. This is because both sides are putting the blame on one another,” Xinhua quoted Hor Namnong as saying.
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