Cambodia, Thailand agree to talk about Preah Vihear
Cambodia and Thailand on March
11 agreed to attend a United Nations-sponsored meeting over the damage
caused to an historic temple during the recent border clashes.
Representatives from both countries will meet to discuss ways to
safeguard the Preah Vihear Temple , a World Heritage List site.
The meeting will be held at the Paris headquarters of the UN
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on May 25.
The agreement was reached after a UNESCO mission, led by special envoy
for Preah Vihear, Koichiro Matsuura, went to Cambodia and Thailand
to have talks with the Prime Ministers and high-level leaders of the
two countries on UNESCO’s support in protecting the temple.
In
2008, the Hindu temple, Preah Vihear, was inscribed on the World
Heritage List in recognition of its outstanding universal value. It is
considered an outstanding example of Khmer architecture and consists of a
complex of sanctuaries linked by pavements and staircases on an
800-metre-long axis./.