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CNN (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
... -- the Ta Muen Thom temple, the Thai news agency reported.A Thai foreign ministry spokesman, Tharit Charungvat, told the news agency that Ta Muen Thom "is just one of several sites sitting on an unclear boundary between the two countries."Tension between the two nations heightened after the United Nations approved Cambodia's application to have the Preah Vihear temple listed as a World Heritage...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
... contends the temple is located in disputed territory.
Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Tharit Charungvat denied the Cambodian report of troop movements.
The temple is several hundred miles west of the 11th century Preah Vihear temple, where Cambodian and Thai soldiers have been locked in a standoff for three weeks in a dispute over nearby land.
He said Thai soldiers have...
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Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
Director of the Department of Information and Spokesman of the Foreign Affairs Ministry Tharit Jarungwat (ธฤต จรุงวัฒน) revealed that newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Tej Bunnag (เตช บุนนาค) admitted during a meeting that border conflict Thailand has with Cambodia at the moment is a complicated issue. He expressed his belief however, that with open [...]
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
Bangkok - US President George W Bush is to visit Thailand in early August to mark the 175th anniversary of bilateral relations and deliver a farewell speech to Asia, a Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman said Sunday. Foreign Ministry spokesman Tharit Jar...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
... the bilateral mechanism is still there for us to utilize," said Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Tharit Charungvat. Prior to the Siem Reap meeting, Cambodia had appealed to both the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United Nations security council to intervene in the border row, which has drawn more than 2,000 troops to the border between Si Sa Khet and Preah Viehear...
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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
... a speech on Asia while he is in Bangkok," the paper quoted Thailand's Foreign Ministry spokesman Tharit Jarungvat as saying. "The importance of the speech is that it will be his last speech on Asia during his presidency." Bush is also expected to raise Burma issue during his talks with Thai officials including Foreign Minister Samak. During his term as the President of the United States,...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
... we don't underestimate the complexity of the issue, we are cautiously optimistic," said Tharit Charungvat, a Foreign Ministry spokesman in Bangkok. But he said, "As this is a very complicated issue, I anticipate that this may be the first of many discussions between the governments."Contrasting domestic political situations complicate the talks. On Sunday, the position of Cambodia's prime...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
... we don't underestimate the complexity of the issue, we are cautiously optimistic," said Tharit Charungvat, a Foreign Ministry spokesman in Bangkok. But he said, "As this is a very complicated issue, I anticipate that this may be the first of many discussions between the governments."Contrasting domestic political situations complicate the talks. On Sunday, the position of Cambodia's prime...
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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
... a speech on Asia while he is in Bangkok," the paper quoted Thailand's Foreign Ministry spokesman Tharit Jarungvat as saying. "The importance of the speech is that it will be his last speech on Asia during his presidency."Bush is also expected to raise Burma issue during his talks with Thai officials including Foreign Minister Samak.During his term as the President of the United States, Bush...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Bangkok - Thailand and Cambodia are to hold talks next week in Cambodia to try to defuse an escalating row over joint claims to land adjoining an ancient Hindu temple on their border, government officials confirmed Friday. Joint talks between the two countries' foreign ministers are scheduled Monday in Siem Reap, Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Tharit Charungvat confirmed. It remained to be...
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Alertnet (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
... stand-off. It is like a picnic. They chat together and lunch together," Foreign Ministry spokesman Tharit Charungvat told Reuters in Bangkok.Thailand says it has the support of China, Russia, the United States, Vietnam and Indonesia against the need for Security Council intervention.Even if it did step into the imbroglio, it is not clear what the U.N. could do other than issue a statement...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
... to seek a "just and peaceful solution to the situation," said Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Tharit Charungvat. "Meanwhile, the deployment by Cambodia of more than 1,000 troops, in addition to around 200 troops stationed there earlier, has caused the situation to deteriorate," Samak noted in his letter. Thailand and Cambodia are scheduled to hold a special session of the Thai-Cambodian...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
... to resort to the U.N. Security Council," Hor Namhong said.
Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Tharit Charungvat rejected the appeal to the U.N., saying he still felt "that bilateral options are still not exhausted."
After the meeting with Hor Namhong, U.S. Ambassador Joseph Mussomeli told reporters that "we're disappointed that this has happened."
"The movement of troops is...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
... minister of Singapore, which is leading the regional meeting.A Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman, Tharit Charungvat, said that Cambodia was within its rights to appeal to the Security Council but that "we believe that bilateral options are still not exhausted."A statement from a spokeswoman for Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that he was "closely following the situation." As of Tuesday...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
... said. "After that, we will talk about border problems."
Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Tharit Charungvat could not be reached for comment.
Meanwhile, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen appealed to the Cambodian media and the public to remain calm and "not to inflame (the situation) or add fuel to the fire," Khieu Kanharith quoted Hun Sen as saying.
"We will definitely not...
