Troop reductions near Preah Vihear
3/07/2009
Thailand and Cambodia will today begin reducing troop levels along the border near Preah Vihear temple, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said on Friday.
Mr Suthep said this should help ease the tension along the sensitive frontier.
He and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen had agreed during talks last weekend that the border dispute should be settled by peaceful means.
The deputy prime minister will tomorrow leave for Phnom Penh for another meeting with Mr Hun Sen.
Mr Suthep refused to comment when asked about senior Democrat MP Suthas Ngernmuen's threat yesterday to quit the party if the Bhumjaithai Party and Newin Chidchob were put in charge of the government's political actvities in the Northeast region.
bangkokpost.com