Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand 29 April 2011 [-Thailand's accusations show that it is very irritated by Cambodia!!!]

Source: http://www.mfa.go.th/web/35.php?id=27235

April 29, 2011, 9:28 pm

1. Thailand takes note of the submission of a request by Cambodia to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 28 April 2011 and will take appropriate steps in accordance with its rights under international law.

2. Thailand is not surprised by this latest move by Cambodia in light of the latter’s pattern of behaviors and clear motives in the past few months, especially since 22 April 2011.

3. Thailand regrets that Cambodia decided to completely disregard progress being made in various tracks as follows:

3.1 Just hours before the Cambodian submission at The Hague, Thai and Cambodian regional military commanders reached a preliminary common understanding to instruct respective troops to refrain from further hostilities at a border area of Surin Province, Thailand, and that boundary negotiations should best be left to negotiators from both countries.

3.2 Also just hours before the Cambodian submission at The Hague, conversations between Thai and Indonesian Foreign Ministers, and between Indonesian and Cambodian Foreign Ministers respectively, had yielded satisfactory progress in terms of diplomacy to ensure continued peace and stability in the area near the Temple of Phra Viharn, which is over 140 kilometres away from where the incidents in Surin Province took place.