Tuesday, 29 May 2012
By Vong Sokheng
Phnom Penh Post
A closed-door meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defence Ministers
meeting yesterday saw Cambodia and Thailand take what they hope is the
next step toward the eventual withdrawal of troops from the disputed
area around Preah Vihear temple.
Cambodian Minister of Defence
Tea Banh and his Thai counterpart, Sukumpol Suwanatat, agreed to a
second meeting of the Cambodia-Thailand Joint Working Group of the
General Border Commission, scheduling it for early next month in Phnom
Penh, officials said.
“We have the will to implement this matter
[withdrawal] and Thailand has realised that a slowing down of
proceedings is not good for Thailand,” Sukumpol said after the meeting.
The
first JWG meeting was hosted in Bangkok in April, during which no
agreement was finalised over the withdrawal of troops from the
17.3-square-kilometer Provisional Demilitarised Zone declared by the International Court of Justice in June.
To contact the reporter on this story: Vong Sokheng at sokheng.vong@phnompenhpost.com
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Political WIN-WIN system! LOL...
We'll see.
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