Saturday, June 27, 2009

Preah Vihear talks... silence...

The Governments of the Kingdom of Thailand and the Kingdom of Cambodia met today for talks on the Preah Vihear Temple crisis.
Reporters were kept away from Saturday's two-hour meeting on the outskirts of Phnom Penh and officials from both governments would not comment on the subject of the talks.
That means most likely that the two sides talked *past* each other, not *with* each other.

The standing claims are: (Thai) the site should be a joint development area and UNESCO is not being helpful by recognizing sole rights of Cambodia; (Cambodian) the Thai are welcome "to raise the issue of withdrawing Thai troops from the border".

There had better be a third position taken by someone, soon, or this matter will go nowhere.

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