February 14, 2011
By Supalak Ganjanakhundee
The Nation
United Nations likely to ask Asean to mediate in border row between two countries: diplomatic sources
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva expected the meeting of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in New York today could convince Cambodia to get back to bilateral channel with Thailand to settle border conflict at the areas adjacent to the Preah Vihear.
“The way to solve (border) problem should be based on bilateral negotiation, rather than bringing other third party to get involved in this matter,” Abhisit said in his weekly television program yesterday.
The UNSC agreed with request from Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to convene an urgent meeting on the border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia but it remained unclear what would be an outcome of the meeting. Diplomatic sources said it was possible that the UN would throw the issue to regional forum Asean, whose current chair and Indonesia Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa was also at the UN meeting.
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