Cambodia not to raise Preah Vihear issue at ASEAN Summit in Thailand
PHNOM PENH, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) — Cambodia will not list its dispute with Thailand over the ownership of the 900-year-old Preah Vihear Temple into the agenda of the ASEAN Summit next month in Bangkok, Chinese-language newspaper the Commercial News said on Friday.
“The ongoing world financial crisis will top the agenda of the summit, and we [...]
Backgrounder: Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam (CLMV) Summit
HANOI, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) – The 4th Summit of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) will open on Thursday in Hanoi, Vietnam.
The CLMV Summit is an annual event. The first CLMV Summit was held in November 2004 in Vientiane, Laos, with the adoption of the Vientiane Declaration on enhancing economic cooperation and integration among CLMV [...]
Asian leaders in talks to end spat
THE Thai premier has agreed to talks with his Cambodian counterpart this week in China after a long-running border spat escalated into a deadly shootout, a Thai government spokesman said today.
THAI Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat confirmed he would hold talks with Cambodian premier Hun Sen on the sidelines of a Beijing meeting between leaders of [...]
Thai-Cambodia row a slap in the face of ASEAN Charter
Only a few days after all 10 members of ASEAN finally ratified the ASEAN Charter, Thailand and Cambodia gave the group a glimpse of what lies ahead. For months, the two members of ASEAN have been locked in a dispute over the ownership of an ancient temple, Preah Vihear, in the border area between the [...]
Cambodia concerned over Thailand’s ability to host Asean summit
Phnom Penh (dpa) - Cambodia said Wednesday that it was concerned about Thailand’s ability to host the upcoming summit of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) in December
Cambodia sympathised deeply with Thailand during its period of political turmoil and was suggesting a contingency plan for the scheduled summit of leaders of the 10-member bloc, [...]
Cambodia asks if Thais able to host ASEAN summit
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodia’s prime minister said Monday that neighboring Thailand’s political crisis raises questions about whether it will be able to host an upcoming summit of Southeast Asian leaders.
He also said that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations should ponder asking another country to chair the December meeting in place of Thailand.
Prime Minister [...]
Singapore welcomes moves by Thailand, Cambodia to resolve temple dispute
SINGAPORE, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) — Singapore Wednesday welcomed the efforts of Thailand and Cambodia to hold talks on the Preah Vihear Temple issue.
A spokesman for the Singapore Foreign Ministry said in a statement that resolving the disagreement in an amicable manner was in line with the spirit of ASEAN (the Association of [...]
Hun Sen enters 34th year in power in Cambodia
With yet another election victory in the bag, Cambodia’s prime minister, Hun Sen, is now entering his thirty-fourth year in power.
Hun Sen draws his inspiration not from south-east Asia’s more democratic leaders, but from Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew, who used dictatorial methods to build a modern, prosperous but tightly-controlled island city-state. Still only 57, [...]
When Cambodia cries wolf
Cambodia knows exactly when and where to hit Thailand to inflict the most pain on its neighbour to the east. Repeated attempts by Phnom Penh to raise the Preah Vihear dispute at the international level in forums such as the United Nations and the Non-Aligned Movement - which were subsequently withdrawn - shows a lack [...]
‘Cambodian troops ready to withdraw from Thai border’
PHNOM PENH/BANGKOK: Cambodian troops are ready to withdraw from a disputed border area, but Thailand will have to pull out first, said Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday.
“For us, there is no problem at all. It is up to Thailand to decide to act. For us, (we are ready) any time,” Hun Sen told [...]
