BANGKOK - Thai Deputy Prime Minister of security affairs Mr Suthep Thaugsuban (pictured) said yesterday that holding immediate talks with Cambodia over the temple dispute is not easy.
Speaking after a Thai soldier was killed and three wounded overnight, Mr Suthep said it would be difficult to arrange ceasefire talks at this time, but hoped that the two leaders would come to a compromise at the Asean summit to be held in Indonesia over this weekend."At the Asean Summit to be held in Indonesia from May 6 to 8, I think the Cambodian leader (Hun Sen) will meet and talk with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, and it should produce positive results," Mr Suthep said.
He added that the government must be cautious and monitor the border situation continuously.
The fighting between Thai and Cambodian troops over the 12th century Preah Vihear temple has turned into South-east Asia's bloodiest border dispute in years.
Meanwhile, the International Court of Justice said yesterday that Cambodia has filed an application over the temple dispute, and has asked it to order the Thai military to withdraw from the area. Agencies
Today Online
May 04, 2011
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